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Definition: Lamb |
LambNoun1. Young sheep. 2. English essayist (1775-1834). 3. A person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters). 4. A sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child). 5. The flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food. Verb1. Give birth to a lamb, of ewes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "lamb" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Bible | Lamb (1.) Heb. kebes, a male lamb from the first to the third year. Offered daily at the morning and the evening sacrifice (Ex. 29:38-42), on the Sabbath day (Num. 28:9), at the feast of the New Moon (28:11), of Trumpets (29:2), of Tabernacles (13-40), of Pentecost (Lev. 23:18-20), and of the Passover (Ex. 12:5), and on many other occasions (1 Chr. 29:21; 2 Chr. 29:21; Lev. 9:3; 14:10-25). (2.) Heb. taleh, a young sucking lamb (1 Sam. 7:9; Isa. 65:25). In the symbolical language of Scripture the lamb is the type of meekness and innocence (Isa. 11:6; 65:25; Luke 10:3; John 21:15). The lamb was a symbol of Christ (Gen. 4:4; Ex. 12:3; 29:38; Isa. 16:1; 53:7; John 1:36; Rev. 13:8). Christ is called the Lamb of God (John 1:29, 36), as the great sacrifice of which the former sacrifices were only types (Num. 6:12; Lev. 14:12-17; Isa. 53:7; 1 Cor. 5:7). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Biographical Satire | LAMB, Charles, one of those immortals who forgot his life of tears to place smiles on paper. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of lambs frolicing{sic} in green pastures, betokens chaste friendships and joys. Bounteous and profitable crops to the farmers, and increase of possessions for others. To see a dead lamb, signifies sadness and desolation. Blood showing on the white fleece of a lamb, denotes that innocent ones will suffer from betrayal through the wrong doing of others. A lost lamb, denotes that wayward people will be under your influence, and you should be careful of your conduct. To see lamb skins, denotes comfort and pleasure usurped from others. To slaughter a lamb for domestic uses, prosperity will be gained through the sacrifice of pleasure and contentment. To eat lamb chops, denotes illness, and much anxiety over the welfare of children. To see lambs taking nourishment from their mothers, denotes happiness through pleasant and intelligent home companions, and many lovable and beautiful children. To dream that dogs, or wolves devour lambs, innocent people will suffer at the hands of insinuating and designing villains. To hear the bleating of lambs, your generosity will be appealed to. To see them in a winter storm, or rain, denotes disappointment in expected enjoyment and betterment of fortune. To own lambs in your dreams, signifies that your environments will be pleasant and profitable. If you carry lambs in your arms, you will be encumbered with happy cares upon which you will lavish a wealth of devotion, and no expense will be regretted in responding to appeals from the objects of your affection. To shear lambs, shows that you will be cold and mercenary. You will be honest, but inhumane. For a woman to dream that she is peeling the skin from a lamb, and while doing so, she discovers that it is her child, denotes that she will cause others sorrow which will also rebound to her grief and loss. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Lamb In Christian art, an emblem of the Redeemer, called the "Lamb of God. It is also the attribute of St. Agnes, St. Geneviève, St. Catherine, and St. Regina. John the Baptist either carries a lamb or is accompanied by one. It is also introduced symbolically to represent any of the "types" of Christ; as Abraham, Moses, and so on. Lamb ( The Vegetable) or Tartarian lamb; technically called Polypodium Barometz. It is a Chinese fern with a decumbent root, covered with a soft, dense yellow wool. Sir Hans Sloane, who calls it the Tartarian lamb, has given a print of it; and Dr. Hunter has given a print which makes its resemblance to a lamb still more striking. The down is used in India for staunching hæmorrhage. "Rooted in earth each cloven hoof descends, And round and round her flexile neck she bends; Crops the grey coral moss, and hoary thyme, Or laps with rosy tongue the melting rime; Eyes with mute tenderness her distant dam, And seems to bleat, a Vegetable Lamb." Darwin: Loves of the Plants, 283, etc. Lamb Cold lamb. A schoolboy's joke. Setting a boy on a cold marble or stone hearth. Horace (Sat. i. 5, 22) has "Dotare lumbos," which may have suggested the pun. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Charles Lamb (1775- 27 July, 1834) was an English essayist, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced along with his sister, Mary Lamb.Charles Lamb was the youngest child of John Lamb, a lawyer's clerk. He was born in the Inner Temple and spent his youth there, later going away to school at Christ's Hospital. There he formed a friendship with Samuel Taylor Coleridge which would last for many years. After leaving school in 1789, he went to work for the South Sea House, whose subsequent downfall in a pyramid scheme after Lamb left would be contrasted to the company's prosperity in the first Elia essay. In 1792 he went to work for British East India Company, the death of his father's employer having brought about a downward trend in the family's fortunes. Both Charles and his sister Mary endured periods of mental illness, and Charles spent six weeks in an asylum during 1795. He was, however, already making his name as a poet.
In 1799, John Lamb died and Charles became guardian to Mary, whose mental instability prevented her from looking after herself. Lamb continued to work as a clerk for the East India Company and doubled as a writer in various genres, his tragedy, John Woodvil, being published in 1802. His farce, Mr H, was performed at Drury Lane in 1807. In the same year, Tales from Shakespeare (Charles handled the tragedies and Mary the comedies) was published, and became a best-seller for William Godwin's "Children's Library".
Charles, who had never married because of his family commitments, fell in love with an actress, Fanny Kelly, of Covent Garden, but she refused him and he remained single until his death. His collected essays, under the title, Essays of Elia, were published in 1823 ("Elia" being the pen-name Lamb used as a contributor to The London Magazine). A further collection was published ten years later, shortly before Lamb's death. He died of an infection, erysipelas, contracted from a cut on his face. His sister, who was ten years his senior, survived him.
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A lamb is a young sheep. When eaten as meat, lamb is taken from an animal between three months and one year old, weighing about 10 kg. The meat of an older animal is known as mutton.See: List of animal names
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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Subfamily: Caprinae Genus: Ovis Species: aries Binomial name Ovis aries A sheep is any of several wooly ruminant quadrupeds, but most commonly the Domestic Sheep, Ovis aries, which is thought to be descended from the wild Urial of south-central and south-west Asia. For other types of sheep and their close relatives, see goat antelope.
Female sheep are called ewes, males are called rams, yearlings are called hoggetts, and younger sheep are called lambs. There are many breeds of sheep. Sheep can be generally classed as wool breeds, meat breeds, or dual use breeds. Wool breeds are bred for superior wool quantity and quality (fineness of fibers), wool staple length and degree of crimp in the fiber. Major wool breeds are Merino, Rambouillet, and Lincoln. Meat sheep are bred for fast growth, multiple births, ease of lambing, and hardiness. Breeds of meat sheep include Suffolk, Hampshire, Dorset, Columbia, and Texel. The Finnish Landrace sheep is known for multiple births. Some breeds, called hair sheep, like the Katahdin and Dorper, have little to no wool.
For centuries, sheep have represented in many cultures, especially in the Mediterranean area, the most common type of livestock agriculture, and sheep have been the frequent object of selective breeding. A wide symbology regards them in ancient art, traditions and culture. Judaism uses many sheep references including the Passover lamb in Egypt. Christianity uses sheep-related metaphors, like the Christ the good shepherd, the bishop's Pastoral, the lion to lie down with the lamb. Greek Easter celebrations are incomplete without a meal of lamb.
Raising sheep has been a relevant activity in many ancient economies, given that this animal can give milk (and all the derivative products, such as cheese), wool and meat.
In some places, like Sardinia, sheep-breeding has become the principal and characteristic activity. Even now, including reproduction gains, sheep are able to yearly render up to the 400% of their cost. Sheep breeding has been involved in several historic conflicts such as the Highland clearances, the US range wars, and the English "enclosing of the commons".
The sheep (or goat) is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. It is thought that each animal is associated with certain personality traits. See: Sheep (Zodiac).
Herding sheep is important in the Jewish and Christian faiths, since Abraham, Jacob, Moses, and King David were all shepherds.
Sheep meat prepared as food is commonly known as mutton. The meat of immature sheep, also termed lamb, is generally regarded as tenderer and is more widely eaten in western countries. Mutton is more flavorful but often tougher and fattier. Lamb is a common feature in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine.
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Sheep follow others blindly. This is why people are sometimes called sheep. It means that a person follows a group of people. This can be because they trust the group. Or it can be because they are not thinking for themself. This can be good if the group leads to something positive (like the group of sheep being led to grass). It can be bad if the group leads the other sheep to something negative.
The way sheep follow each other is so reliable that there are special names for the different roles sheep play in a flock. The sheep that is furthest away from the others is called the outlier, a term also used in statistics. This sheep is willing to go out further away from the safety of the flock to graze, but takes a chance that a predator like a wolf will attack it first, because it is alone. Another sheep, the bellwether, which never goes first but always follows an outlier, is the one that signals to the others that it is safe to go that way. When it moves, the others will also move. Tendency to be outliers or to be bellwethers, or stick in the middle of the flock, seems to stay with a sheep its whole life. There might be genes that make them repeat this role behaviour.
See also: Dolly the sheep
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Sheep are also a Christian rock band of the early 1960s Jesus Movement in Europe, singing in English and Finnish.
- http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/sheep/
- http://www.usaha.org/species/sheep.html
- Open Directory category: Sheep
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Synonym: LambSynonym: dear (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Animal | Horse. (beast of burden); cattle, kine, ox; bull, bullock; cow, milch cow, calf, heifer, shorthorn; sheep; lamb, lambkin; ewe, ram, tup; pig, swine, boar, hog, sow; steer, stot; tag, teg; bison, buffalo, yak, zebu, dog, cat. |
Deity | God the Son, Jesus, Christ; The Messiah, The Anointed, The Saviour, the Redeemer, The Mediator, The Intercessor, The Advocate, The Judge; The Son of God, The Son of Man, The Son of David; The Lamb of God, The Word; Logos; Emmanuel; Immanuel; The King of Kings and Lord of Lords, The King of Glory, The Prince of Peace, The Good Shepherd, The Way, The Truth, The Life, The Bread of Life, The Light of the World; The Lord our, The Sun of Righteousness; "The Pilot of the Galilean lake". |
Excitability | Meek, tolerant; patient, patient as Job; submissive; tame; content, resigned, chastened, subdued, lamblike; gentle as a lamb; suaviter in modo; mild as mothers milk; soft as peppermint; armed with patience, bearing with, clement, long-suffering. |
Infant | Child, bairn, little one, brat, chit, pickaninny, urchin; bantling, bratling; elf. youth, boy, lad, stripling, youngster, youngun, younker, callant, whipster, whippersnapper, whiffet, schoolboy, hobbledehoy, hopeful, cadet, minor, master. scion; sap, seedling; tendril, olive branch, nestling, chicken, larva, chrysalis, tadpole, whelp, cub, pullet, fry, callow; codlin,codling; foetus, calf, colt, pup, foal, kitten; lamb, lambkin; aurelia, caterpillar, cocoon, nymph, nympha, orphan, pupa, staddle. |
Innocence | Innocent, lamb, dove. |
Harmless; inoffensive, innoxious, innocuous; dove-like, lamb-like; pure, harmless as doves; innocent as a lamb, innocent as the babe unborn; "more sinned against than sinning". | |
Moderation | Go out like a lamb, "roar you as gently as any sucking dove,". |
Pain | Sufferer, victim, prey, martyr, object of compassion, wretch, shorn lamb. |
Peace | Phrase: the storm blown over; the lion lies down with the lamb; "all quiet on the Potomac"; paritur pax bello; "peace hath her victories no less renowned than war"; "they make a desert and they call it peace". |
Relief | Smooth the ruffled brow of care, temper the wind to the shorn lamb, lay the flattering unction to one's soul. |
Wrong | Robbing Peter to pay Paul; Verb: the wolf and the lamb; vice. |
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Screenplays | ? That's ok I make Lamb. (My Big Fat Greek Wedding; writing credit: Nia Vardalos) They went together like lamb and tuna fish (Big Daddy; writing credit: Steve Franks) He is a lamb! An absolute deer (Less Than Perfect; writing credit: David Blum; Tom Hertz) | |
Lyrics | oh Honey Lamb (Alexander's Ragtime Band; performing artist: Louis Armstrong) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Blood of the Lamb (1969) Pardon My Lamb Chop (1948) Larry the Lamb (1947) A Lamb in a Jam (1945) Mary's Little Lamb (1935) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | 4H girl shows lamb. Credit: USDA. |  | 4H mom grooms lamb. Credit: USDA. |
 | 4H girl washing market lamb. Credit: USDA. |  | 4H girl grooming lamb. Credit: USDA. |
 | 4H mom and daughter groom lamb. Credit: USDA. |  | Ewe with lamb. Credit: USDA. |
 | 4H girls with lamb. Credit: USDA. |  | Rich sources of copper: oysters, beef or lamb liver, Brazil nuts, blackstrap molasses, cocoa, and black pepper. Good sources: lobster, nuts and sunflower seeds, green olives, and wheat bran. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller.. |
 | Gene predicts lamb leanness. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by ARS.. |  | Sheep (ewe and lamb) walking along road in northwestern New Mexico. Credit: K. Mulkey. |
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| "Lamb skin 2" by Line Madsen Commentary: "Lamb skin mmmmmm..." | "Doroffy the Lamb" by Chris Turner Commentary: "Pet lamb." |
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| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Lamb baaing. | | Lamb bleating. |
| Lamb bleating. | | One lamb baaing. |
| Short bleat from a lamb. | ||
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Charles Lamb | Lawyers I suppose were children once. |
| The vices of some men are magnificent. | |
| Cards are war, in disguise of a sport. | |
| Presents, I often say, endear absents. | |
| The beggar wears all colors fearing none. | |
| He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides. | |
| A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market. | |
| To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives. | |
Charles Lamb. | I could never hate anyone I knew. |
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John Locke | 1690 | VVho would not think it an admirable peace betwix the mighty and the mean, when the lamb, without resistance, yielded his throat to be torn by the imperious wolf? Polyphemus's den gives us a perfect pattern of such a peace, and such a government, wherein Ulysses and his companions had nothing to do, but quietly to suffer themselves to be devoured. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Germany undertakes to deliver to Belgium, through the Reparation Commission, within six months of the coming into force of the present Treaty, in order to enable Belgium to reconstitute two great artistic works: (1) The leaves of the triptych of the Mystic Lamb painted by the Van Eyck brothers, formerly in the Church of St. (reference) |
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Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | And at the other end there was a nice roasted Lamb. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He looked at it as a lamb might look at the eye of a tiger |
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Health | Choose lean cuts of beef, pork, and lamb. Emphasize more fish and poultry (without the skin). (references) | |
If you touch a farm animal, particularly a calf, lamb, or other young animal, or visit a farm where animals are raised, wash your hands well with soap and water before preparing food or putting anything in your mouth. (references) | ||
Dolores J. Lamb, associate professor of urology and cell biology at the Baylor College of Medicine, and colleagues have shown that a mutated androgen receptor (AR) gene can be activated by an enzyme in the absence of androgen, indicating that alternative signaling pathways may activate tumorigenesis. (references) | ||
Business | Most of the population in the West Bank and Gaza is Moslem, therefore pork is forbidden, however chicken, beef, turkey and lamb are consumed by most Palestinians. (references) | |
The Houston-based Petrie Parkman is assisting the Saudi negotiating team with technical aspects, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter with financial issues, and Leboeuf, Lamb, Greene & Macrae on legal matters. (references) | ||
There are certain products that can not be marketed in the PA. For example, the majority of population in the PA are Moslems and do not eat pork. However U.S. beef, lamb and turkey are widely consumed and the most popular meat is chicken. (references) | ||
Economic History | Uae | The traditional UAE market preference is for lamb, mutton and goat meat. (references) |
Israel | At present, beef and lamb imports are in the hands of the private sector. (references) | |
Trinidad | Combined sales of beef, veal, pork, lamb, and chicken meat to TT from the United States exceeds US$ 4.5. The strong market in TT is due largely to attractive U.S. prices for these commodities combined with stepped-up marketing campaigns by the U.S. industry and a match with Trinidadian consumer tastes. (references) | |
Political Economy | New Zealand | The few bilateral irritants in the trade relationship have related to New Zealand policies concerning pharmaceutical purchasing practices, intellectual property protection and the U.S. decision to limit lamb imports under import relief procedures. (references) |
Trade | Morocco | They vary from a minimum of 2.5 percent for many raw materials and equipment to a maximum of 349% for frozen lamb meat. (references) |
Argentina | A protocol allowing U.S. fresh, chilled and frozen pork imports into Argentina was finalized in May 2001. Lamb meat from the United States is prohibited entry into Argentina due to Scrapie disease. (references) | |
Travel | Egypt | The primary meat products are chicken, beef and lamb. (references) |
Barbados | There is some local production of chickens, lamb and beef, as well as papaya and bananas, and some fruits and vegetables. (references) | |
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Julia Child | I think a lot of us get into a terrible meat rut. It's always steaks, chops, saddle of lamb, beef Wellington or hamburgers. |
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| "Lamb" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 66.43% of the time. "Lamb" is used about 1,538 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 66.43% | 1,022 | 7,261 |
| Noun (proper) | 33.57% | 516 | 11,767 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,538 | N/A |
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| The following table summarizes the usage of "lamb" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Lamb | Last name | 24,000 | 477 |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "lamb". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Beth-car | N/A | Biblical | The house of the lamb |
| Carcas | N/A | Biblical | The covering of a lamb |
| Carmel | N/A | Biblical | Circumcised lamb |
| Carmi | N/A | Biblical | Lamb of the waters |
| Carshena | N/A | Biblical | A lamb |
| Charchemish | N/A | Biblical | A lamb |
| Elishah | N/A | Biblical | The lamb of God: God that gives help |
| Immer | N/A | Biblical | A lamb |
| Imri | N/A | Biblical | A lamb |
| Carmella | N/A | English | Circumcised lamb |
| Carmen | N/A | English | Circumcised lamb |
| Carmela | N/A | Italian | Circumcised lamb |
| Carmina | N/A | Italian | Circumcised lamb |
| Carmine | N/A | Italian | Circumcised lamb |
| Carmo | N/A | Portuguese | Circumcised lamb |
| Carmela | N/A | Spanish | Circumcised lamb |
| Carmelita | N/A | Spanish | Circumcised lamb |
| Carmelo | N/A | Spanish | Circumcised lamb |
| Carmen | N/A | Spanish | Circumcised lamb |
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Expressions using "lamb": as meek as a lamb ♦ baa lamb ♦ beaver lamb ♦ breast of lamb ♦ Charles Lamb ♦ cut of lamb ♦ daft lamb disease ♦ ewe lamb ♦ gentle as a lamb ♦ go out like a lamb ♦ Grass lamb ♦ in lamb ♦ lamb carcase ♦ lamb carcases ♦ lamb chop ♦ Lamb County ♦ lamb curry ♦ lamb dysentery ♦ lamb kill ♦ lamb lettuce ♦ Lamb of God ♦ lamb on the spit ♦ lamb roast ♦ lamb skin ♦ lamb succory ♦ Lamb wave ♦ leg of lamb ♦ like a lamb ♦ little lamb ♦ loin of lamb ♦ mutton dressed up as lamb ♦ paschal lamb ♦ persian lamb ♦ rack of lamb ♦ reverse lamb ♦ reversed lamb ♦ roast lamb ♦ sacrificial lamb ♦ saddle of lamb ♦ scythian lamb ♦ shorn lamb ♦ slink lamb ♦ Tartarian lamb ♦ temper the wind to the shorn lamb ♦ the lamb ♦ the lamb of god ♦ the lion lies down with the lamb ♦ the wolf and the lamb ♦ with lamb ♦ wool lamb skin ♦ woolled lamb skin ♦ woolled sheep or lamb skin. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "lamb": lamb-barrel, lamb-like, lamb-production, lamb-stealing, lamb-to-lamb, lamb-wool. | |
Ending with "lamb": baa-lamb, in-lamb, lamb-to-lamb, un-lamb. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
lamb | 1,198 | rack of lamb recipe | 41 |
the silence of the lamb | 553 | lamb weston | 39 |
lamb of god | 365 | lamb worthy | 37 |
lamb recipe | 247 | a lamb to slaughter | 35 |
lamb and ivy | 233 | leboeuf lamb | 35 |
lamb chop | 139 | lamb shanks | 35 |
lamb ear | 128 | ear lamb plant | 35 |
wally lamb | 110 | joni lamb | 33 |
lamb chop recipe | 86 | golden lamb | 31 |
mary had a little lamb | 82 | roast lamb | 31 |
director lamb silence | 70 | lamb recipe shank | 30 |
charles lamb | 67 | lamb lyrics | 29 |
the lion and the lamb | 66 | i pledge allegiance to the lamb | 29 |
farm lamb | 65 | joe lamb realty | 29 |
rack of lamb | 62 | show lamb | 28 |
leg of lamb recipe | 58 | amanda lamb | 28 |
leg of lamb | 55 | lamb peebles | 27 |
club lamb | 52 | jesus is the lamb | 25 |
god lamb lyrics | 49 | lamb stew | 25 |
lamb picture | 47 | lamb sheep | 25 |
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| Language | Translations for "lamb"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | lam. (various references) | |
Albanian | lëkurë qingji (lambskin), qingj (lambkin), qengj (Cade), pjell qingj, naiv (credulous, fond, ingenuous, naïve, naif, simpleminded, untutored), mish qingji, fëmijë i pafaj. (various references) | |
Arabic | حمل (burden, load, ram, to carry), حمل خروف صغير, حمل (bear, bearing, burden, carriage, carry, carry on, charge, conception, deck, hold, hump, knock up, lade, lifting, load, portage, pregnancy, take, tote, yeanling), تلد (bear, give birth, kitten, procreate, teem), تضع (give birth), زمن الولادة, خروف (ram, sheep), الوديع, الساذج (dupe, gaby, goose, gull, loon, mutt, nincompoop, ninny, pigeon, simpleton, villain, zany), العزيز (darling, dear, poppet). (various references) | |
Bemba | mwana ya mpanga. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | овчица, обагням се, агня се (yean), агнешко месо, агне (baa lamb), помагам при агнене, пиленце (chickabiddy, chickling, chuck, ducky, poult), пиле (chick, chicken, duck, peeper). (various references) | |
Cebuano | karneng karnero. (various references) | |
Chinese | 羊羔, 羔 , 小羊 . (various references) | |
Cornish | ón. (various references) | |
Croatian | janjetina. (various references) | |
Czech | vrhnout jehòata, jehnìèina, jehnì, beránek (Beránek), bahnit. (various references) | |
Danish | lam (calf, faon, fawn, young stag). (various references) | |
Dutch | lamsvlees, lam (line adaptor module). (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | llama aicha. (various references) | |
Esperanto | ŝafido, ŝafidaĵo, ŝafida (of lamb). (various references) | |
Faeroese | lambskjøt, lamb. (various references) | |
Finnish | lampaanliha (mutton), vuonia, vuona, poikia (bring forth young, calve, farrow, foal, have cubs, have kittens, produce young), karitsanliha, karitsa. (various references) | |
French | agneau. (various references) | |
Frisian | laam. (various references) | |
German | Lamm, lammfleisch (red meat). (various references) | |
Greek | αρνί (lamp, sheep). (various references) | |
Hebrew | שה (ewe), כבש (sheep), בשר טלה, טלה. (various references) | |
Hungarian | bárány, bárányhús. (various references) | |
Icelandic | lamb. (various references) | |
Indonesian | anak biri-biri. (various references) | |
Irish | uaineola (of lamb meat), huaineoil (lamb meat). (various references) | |
Italian | agnello (male lamb, ram lamb, tup lamb). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 羊肉 (mutton), ラマルク説 (Lamarckism, lambda, Lambda rocket, lamb's wool, lambskin, laminate, RAM, rum, rump, soda pop), 子羊 , 小羊 , 仔羊 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ラム (RAM, rum, rump), こひつじ, ようにく (mutton). (various references) | |
Kongo | mbizi a meme. (various references) | |
Korean | 어린 양. (various references) | |
Lombard | agnell. (various references) | |
Macedonian | jagnesko. (various references) | |
Manx | feill eayn, eayn, brey eayn (yean). (various references) | |
Maori | reme. (various references) | |
Norwegian | lam. (various references) | |
Papago | kahwal mad. (various references) | |
Papiamen | lanchi, lamchi. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | amblay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | cordeiro (twister). (various references) | |
Provencal | anhèl. (various references) | |
Romanian | om blând, miel, fãta miei, carne de miel, ageamiu (duffer, greenhorn, no-account, tenderfoot, tyro). (various references) | |
Romansch | agnè. (various references) | |
Romany | bakrò. (various references) | |
Ruanda | inyama yintama. (various references) | |
Russian | ягненок (yeanling). (various references) | |
Samoan | mamoe (sheep). (various references) | |
Scottish | uan (a lamb). (various references) | |
Sepedi | kwana (to agree). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ojagnjiti se, jagnjetina, jagnjeći (lamblike), jagnje. (various references) | |
Shona | hwayana. (various references) | |
Sicilian | agneddu. (various references) | |
Spanish | cordero (baa lamb), carne de cordero (mutton). (various references) | |
Swazi | lí-zinyáne. (various references) | |
Swedish | lamm (baa lamb), lammkött. (various references) | |
Thai | เนื้อลูกแกะ, ลูกแกะ. (various references) | |
Turkish | kuzu (hogget, yeanling). (various references) | |
Turkmen | tokly (small sheep), guzy. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ягня (cosset), ягнитися (kid, yean), м'ясо молодого баранчика. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | cừu non thịt cừu non người ngây thơ, cừu con (lambkin, yeanling). (various references) | |
Welsh | oena (yean), oen. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | sila. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | agna, agnellina, agni, agnina, agninus, agnis, agno, agnorum, agnos, agnum, agnus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 8, Verse 32 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | H de perioch thV grafhV hn aneginwsken hn auth wV probaton epi sfaghn hcqh kai wV amnoV enantion tou keirontoV auton afwnoV outwV ouk anoigei to stoma autou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Locus autem scripturae quam legebat erat hic tamquam ovis ad occisionem ductus est et sicut agnus coram tondente se sine voce sic non aperuit os suum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the place of the scripture that he redde, was this, As a scheep he was led to sleyng, and as a lomb bifor a man that scherith him is doumb with out vois, so he openyde not his mouth. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | The tenoure of ye scripture which he redde was this. He was ledde as a shepe to be slayne: and lyke a lambe dome before his sherer so opened he not his mouth. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so he opened not his mouth: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Now the place in the book where he was reading was this: He was taken, like a sheep, to be put to death; and as a lamb is quiet when its wool is being cut, so he made no sound: |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 8, Verse 32 |
| Albanian | Por pjesa e Shkrimit që ai po lexonte ishte kjo: ''Atë e çuan si delja në thertore; dhe ashtu si qengji është memec përpara qethtarit, kështu ai nuk e hapi gojën e vet. |
| Cebuano | Ug ang bahin sa kasulatan nga iyang gibasa mao kini: Maingon nga dili lamang magatingog ang karnero nga pagadad-on sa ihawan o ang nating karnero sa atubangan sa iyang mag-aalot, maingon man siya, sa iyang baba wala magbuka. |
| Croatian | A èitao je ovaj odlomak Pisma: Ko ovcu na klanje odvedoše ga, ko janje nijemo pred onim što ga striže on ne otvara svojih usta. |
| Danish | Men det Stykke af Skriften, som han læste, var dette: "Som et Får blev han ført til Slagtning, og som et Lam er stumt imod den, der klipper det, således oplader han ej sin Mund. |
| Dutch | En de plaats der Schriftuur, die hij las, was deze: Hij is gelijk een schaap ter slachting geleid; en gelijk een lam stemmeloos is voor dien, die het scheert, alzo doet Hij Zijn mond niet open. |
| Finnish | Ja se kirjoitus, jota hän luki, oli tämä: "Niinkuin lammas hänet viedään teuraaksi; ja niinkuin karitsa on ääneti keritsijänsä edessä, niin ei hänkään suutansa avaa. |
| French | Le passage de l`Écriture qu`il lisait était celui-ci: Il a été mené comme une brebis à la boucherie; Et, comme un agneau muet devant celui qui le tond, Il n`a point ouvert la bouche. |
| German | Der Inhalt aber der Schrift, die er las, war dieser: "Er ist wie ein Schaf zur Schlachtung geführt; und still wie ein Lamm vor seinem Scherer, also hat er nicht aufgetan seinen Mund. |
| Haitian Creole | Men pasaj li t'ap li nan liv la: Li te tankou yon mouton yo t'ap mennen labatwa. Li te tankou yon ti mouton ki pa janm rele lè y'ap taye lenn sou do li. Li pa janm louvri bouch li di anyen. |
| Hungarian | Az írásnak helye pedig, melyet olvasott, ez vala: Mint juh viteték mészárszékre, és mint a bárány az õ nyírõje elõtt néma, azonképen nem nyitotta fel az õ száját. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Inilah ayat-ayat yang dibacanya itu, "Ia seperti domba yang digiring untuk disembelih, seperti anak domba yang tidak mengembik kalau bulunya digunting, begitulah Ia tidak mengucapkan sepatah kata pun. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Adapun nas yang dibacanya di dalam kitab itu, demikian bunyinya: Bahwa Ia dibawa seperti seekor domba akan disembelih, dan seperti seekor anak domba bisu di hadapan penggunting, demikianlah tiada Ia membuka mulutnya, |
| Italian | Il passo della Scrittura che stava leggendo era questo: e come un agnello senza voce innanzi a chi lo tosa, così egli non apre la sua bocca. |
| Maori | Na, ko te wahi o te karaipiture e korero nei ia, ko tenei, I arahina ia ano he hipi kia patua; a, me te reme e wahangu ana i te aroaro o tona kaikutikuti, kihai i kuihi tona waha; |
| Norwegian | Men det stykke av Skriften som han leste, var dette: Som et får blev han ført bort for å slaktes, og lik et lam som er stumt for den som klipper det, således åpner han ikke sin munn; |
| Portuguese | Ora, a passagem da Escritura que estava lendo era esta: Foi levado como a ovelha ao matadouro, e, como está mudo o cordeiro diante do que o tosquia, assim ele não abre a sua boca. |
| Rumanian | Locul din Scripturq, pe care -l citea, era acesta: ,,El a fost dus ca o oaie la tqiere; wi, ca un miel fqrq glas knaintea celui ce -l tunde, awa nu Wi -a deschis gura; |
| Russian | б НЕУФП ЙЪ рЙУБОЙС, ЛПФПТПЕ ПО ЮЙФБМ, ВЩМП УЙЕ: ЛБЛ ПЧГБ, ЧЕДЕО ВЩМ пО ОБ ЪБЛМБОЙЕ, Й, ЛБЛ БЗОЕГ РТЕД УФТЙЗХЭЙН ЕЗП ВЕЪЗМБУЕО, ФБЛ пО ОЕ ПФЧЕТЪБЕФ ХУФ уЧПЙИ. |
| Shuar | Nu Papí aarman áujmia nu Júuyayi: "Murikiua aitkiasan Jákatniunam Júkiarmiayi. Tura uchich murik, ure Tsúpiram chichaatsna Núnisan niisha chichakchamiayi. |
| Swahili | Basi, sehemu ya Maandiko Matakatifu aliyokuwa anasoma ilikuwa hii: "Alikuwa kama kondoo anayepelekwa kuchinjwa; kimya kama vile mwana kondoo anaponyolewa manyoya, yeye naye hakutoa sauti hata kidogo. |
| Swedish | Men det ställe i skriften som han läste var detta: "Såsom ett får fördes han bort till att slaktas; och såsom ett lamm som är tyst inför den som klipper det, så öppnade han icke sin mun. |
| Uma | Lolita to nabasa hi rala sura nabi Yesaya, hewa toi moni-na: Hi'a hewa hama'a bima to radii' hilou rasumale'. Hewa ana' bima to uma mobee' ane ragunci wulu-na, wae wo'o uma-i mololita nau' hamelaa. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "lamb": lambast, lambaste, lambasted, lambastes, lambasting, lambasts, lambda, lambdas, lambdoid, lambed, lambencies, lambency, lambent, lambently, lamber, lambers, lambert, lamberts, lambie, lambier, lambies, lambiest, lambing, lambkill, lambkills, lambkin, lambkins, lamblike, lambrequin, lambrequins, lambs, lambskin, lambskins, lamby. (additional references) | |
Words containing "lamb": clambake, clambakes, clamber, clambered, clamberer, clamberers, clambering, clambers, flambe, flambeau, flambeaus, flambeaux, flambee, flambeed, flambeing, flambes, flamboyance, flamboyances, flamboyancies, flamboyancy, flamboyant, flamboyantly, flamboyants, footlambert, footlamberts, millilambert, millilamberts, unflamboyant. (additional references) | |
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"Lamb" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: flamb, hamb, jlamb, labh, laib, lamba, lambe, lambo, Lamby, Laml, lamn, lamo, Lamu, lanab, larb, lasb, laub, lawb, lemba, Lhamo, limby, lomb, lumb, Lumbi, Lumby, Lunb, ramb. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "lamb" (pronounced la"m) |
| 3 | l a" m | clam, Flam, Lam, slam. |
| 2 | -a" m | am, Bam, Nam, Pam, ram, cam, Cham, cram, dam, damn, dram, exam, gram, ham, jam, jamb, scam, sham, spam, swam, Tam, tram, wham, yam. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: balm, blam. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-l-m" | |
-1 letter: alb, bal, bam, lab, lam. | |
-2 letters: ab, al, am, ba, la, ma. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-l-m" | |
+1 letter: album, amble, balms, balmy, blame, blams, lambs, lamby, limba. | |
+2 letters: abloom, albums, ambled, ambler, ambles, aplomb, baalim, balsam, becalm, bedlam, beldam, blamed, blamer, blames, bromal, brumal, cymbal, embalm, flambe, gamble, gambol, gimbal, imbalm, jumbal, labium, labrum, lambda, lambed, lamber, lambie, limbas, lumbar, marble, marbly, pablum, ramble, timbal, tombal, tymbal, umbral, wamble, wambly. | |
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