lamb
Of a sheep, to give birthOf a sheep, to give birth.
» Tom is as gentle as a lamb.
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2 senses(intransitive)Of a sheep, to give birth.
give birth to a lamb
(intransitive, transitive)To assist (sheep) to give birth.
The shepherd was up all night, lambing her young ewes.
Examples
185 sentencesTom is as gentle as a lamb.
The lambs were separated from their mothers.
Have you ever seen a lamb being born?
deHast du schon einmal gesehen, wie ein Lamm geboren wurde? — Waldelfe
Tom had lamb chops, potatoes and mushroom soup for dinner.
Right now, Tom is sleeping like a lamb.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English lamb, from Old English lamb, from Proto-West Germanic *lamb, from ProtFrom Middle English lamb, from Old English lamb, from Proto-West Germanic *lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos, enlargement of *h₁elh₁én, ultimately from *h₁el-.
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Forms
lambs, lambing, lambed, lambedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.