lamb

1. 1.

   give birth to a lamb

   “the ewe lambed”

   Broadergive birth

Other forms of lamb

plural

lambs·

past tense

lambed·

present participle

lambing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lamb

What does lamb mean?

lamb means "young sheep". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lamb?

lamb has 1 syllable: lamb. In IPA it is /ˈlæm/.

What is another word for lamb?

Close synonyms include Charles Lamb, Elia, dear. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lamb a common word?

lamb is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with lamb?

1 word rhymes with lamb. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.