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noun
- A young sheep, of up to one year of age.
- The flesh of a lamb used as food.
- (figuratively) A person who is meek, docile and easily led.
verb
- (intransitive) Of a sheep, to give birth.
- (context, transitive, or, intransitive) To assist (sheep) to give birth.
- The shepherd was up all night, lambing her young ewes.
Etymology: Old English, lamb, from Germanic - lamboz-. Cognate with German Lamm, Dutch lam, Swedish and Norwegian lamm, Danish lam.
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