Definition of lamb

"lamb" in the noun sense

1. lamb

young sheep

2. Lamb, Charles Lamb, Elia

English essayist (1775-1834)

3. lamb

a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters)

4. lamb, dear

a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)

5. lamb

the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food

"lamb" in the verb sense

1. lamb

give birth to a lamb

"the ewe lambed"

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Quotations for lamb

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb. [ Sterne ]

You owed me a sheep but paid me a lamb. [ Proverb ]

As good be hanged for a sheep as a lamb. [ Proverb ]

It is an ill sign to see a fox lick a lamb. [ Proverb ]

There is no flock, however watched and tended.
But one dead lamb is there!
There is no fireside, howsoever defended,
But has one vacant chair. [ Longfellow ]

They insist on snatching the lamb from the wolf. [ Plaut ]

The wolf never wants for a pretense against a lamb. [ Proverb ]

A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich. [ Proverb ]

As soon goes the lamb's skin to the market as the ewe's. [ Proverb ]

Now I have got an ewe and a lamb, every one cries welcome Peter. [ Proverb ]

To a close shorn sheep God gives wind by measure. (This is probably the origin of God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.) [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made parchment? That parchment, being scribbled o'er, should undo a man? [ William Shakespeare ]

We should carry up our affections to the mansions prepared for us above, where eternity is the measure, felicity the state, angels the company, the Lamb the light, and God the inheritance and portion of His people forever. [ Jeremy Taylor ]

lamb in Scrabble®

The word lamb is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters lamb:

BALM
(33)
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(33)
LAMB
(33)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word lamb

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lamb in Words With Friends™

The word lamb is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters lamb:

LAMB
(57)
BALM
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BALM
(57)
 

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Words within the letters of lamb

2 letter words in lamb (4 words)

3 letter words in lamb (4 words)

4 letter words in lamb (Anagrams) (2 words)

lamb + 1 blank (7 words)

Word Growth involving lamb

Shorter words in lamb

am lam

la lam

Longer words containing lamb

clambake clambakes

clamber clambered

clamber clamberer clamberers

clamber clambering

clamber clambers

dilambdodont dilambdodonts

flambe flambes

flamboyance

flamboyancy

flamboyant flamboyantly

lambast lambaste lambasted

lambast lambaste lambastes

lambast lambasting

lambast lambasts

lambchop lambchops

lambda lambdas

lambdoid lambdoidal

lambed

lambing

lamblike

lambs lambskin lambskins

lambs lambsquarter lambsquarters

lambs lambswool

zalambdodont zalambdodonts