Lamb, Charles
(1775–1834) a British writer of essays, who worked with his sister Mary Lamb (1764–1847) on Tales from Shakespeare, a book for children that tells the stories of Shakespeare’s plays in simple language

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I. lamb¹ S3 /læm/ noun
[Language: Old English]

1.
[countable] a young sheep

2. [uncountable] the meat of a young sheep ⇒ mutton:
roast lamb
a leg of lamb
lamb chop/cutlet/stew etc

3. [countable] spoken used to talk to or talk about someone who is gentle and lovable, especially a child:
Ben’s asleep now, the little lamb.

4. like a lamb to the slaughter used when someone is going to do something dangerous, but they do not realize it or have no choice

5. like a lamb quietly and without any argument:
Suzie went off to school like a lamb today.
⇒ mutton dressed as lamb at mutton(2)

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II. lamb² verb [intransitive]
to give birth to lambs:
The ewes are lambing this week.
—lambing noun [uncountable]:
the lambing season

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lamb
noun
I. young sheep
ADJ. newborn | orphaned | sacrificial (often figurative) I am not going to be a sacrificial lamb on the altar of political correctness.
VERB + LAMB fatten | kill, slaughter the traffic in illegally slaughtered lamb
LAMB + VERB bleat | frolic, gambol

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lamb
II. meat
ADJ. spring | curried, grilled, minced, roast
LAMB + NOUN chop, cutlet | casserole, curry, stew
PHRASES breast/leg/neck/rack/shoulder of lamb
 ⇒ Special page at FOOD

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lamb
læm
See: god tempers the wind to the shorn lamb , in two shakes of a lamb's tail

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