lambs

Noun

lamb (countable and uncountable, plural lambs or (both, dialectal) lamber or lambren)

1. A young sheep; especially, one younger than nine months.
   • Mary had a little lamb, its fleece as white as snow.

   Synonyms:

   sheepling

2. (obsolete) A young goat; a kid.
   • The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, Exodus 12:5: “Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:”
3. (uncountable) The flesh of a lamb used as food; (sometimes loosely) the flesh of a sheep of any age used as food.
4. (figuratively) A person who is meek, docile, and easily led.
   • Near-synonym: sheep

   Synonyms:

   sheep

5. Lambskin.
   • They were as alike as prisoners, dressed in black silk waists and fitted skirts, with shawls of crimped black lamb across their shoulders.1934, Kay Boyle, My Next Bride, Virago, published 1986, page 8
6. A simple, unsophisticated person.

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