lamb
Innocent woolly creature
A lamb is a young sheep, typically under one year old.
The meat from such an animal is also lamb: roast lamb, lamb chops.
Figuratively, a lamb is someone gentle, innocent, or easily led—often a victim: a lamb to the slaughter.
To lamb is to give birth, said of ewes.
Like a lamb suggests meekness or docility.
Female ovine
- ramAdult male sheep
- flockAnimals gathered together
- sheepWoolly farm animal
- shepherdOne who tends flocks
pasture · grazing · herd · livestock · bleat · sheepdog · ovine · ruminant
Wool still on sheep
Soft and kind
- innocentFree from moral wrong
- pureUnmixed, without impurities
- meekHumbly unassertive
- docileEasily controlled or taught
tender · mild · sweet · harmless · vulnerable · trusting · naive · guileless
Infant just delivered
- gambolingPlayful jumping about
- frolickingLighthearted energetic movement
- AprilYear's fourth month
- MayYear's fifth month
pastoral · meadow · birth · renewal · Easter · vernal · young · bouncing
ewe
Female ovine
shepherd · pasture · grazing · herd · livestock · bleat · sheepdog · ovine · ruminant · barnyard
fleece
Wool still on sheep
gentle
Soft and kind
docile · tender · mild · sweet · harmless · vulnerable · trusting · naive · guileless · blameless
chop
Quick forceful slice
loin · cutlet · shoulder · roast · mutton · gyro · kebab · kofta · rogan josh · navarin
newborn
Infant just delivered
- gambolingPlayful jumping about
- frolickingLighthearted energetic movement
- AprilYear's fourth month
May · pastoral · meadow · birth · renewal · Easter · vernal · young · bouncing · playful
altar
Sacred ritual table
paschal · Passover · temple · ritual · scapegoat · redemption · expiation · propitiation · oblation · purification
darling
Beloved person or pet
- sweetheartAffectionate name for beloved
- dearTreasured or costly
- honeyBees' viscous nectar product
- lamb chopsSmall cuts from young sheep
- leg of lambRoasted ovine haunch
- lamb to the slaughterOne unknowingly approaching harm
- sacrificial lambOne offered for others' benefit
- roast lambBaked young sheep meat
- lamb stewSimmered sheep dish
lambs, lambaste, lambing, sacrificial lamb, lambed, lambkin, lamblike, lambskin, lambswool