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- [lam]
- /læm/
- /læm/
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- [lam]
- /læm/
Definitions of lamb word
- noun lamb Charles ("Elia") 1775–1834, English essayist and critic. 1
- noun lamb Harold A. 1892–1962, U.S. novelist. 1
- noun lamb Mary Ann, 1764–1847, English author who wrote in collaboration with her brother Charles Lamb. 1
- noun lamb William, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, 1779–1848, English statesman: prime minister 1834, 1835–41. 1
- noun lamb Willis E(ugene), Jr. 1913–2008, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1955. 1
- verb without object lamb to give birth to a lamb. 1
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Origin of lamb
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Dutch lam, German Lamm, Old Norse, Gothic lamb; akin to Greek élaphos deer. See elk
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Parts of speech for Lamb
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
lamb popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
lamb usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for lamb
noun lamb
adjective lamb
- suspicious — tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable: suspicious behavior.
- naive — having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- wide-eyed — with the eyes open wide, as in amazement, innocence, or sleeplessness.
- unjaded — dulled or satiated by overindulgence: a jaded appetite.
verb lamb
- cosset — If someone is cosseted, everything possible is done for them and they are protected from anything unpleasant.
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