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lamb
A	noun
	1	lamb
			young sheep
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna ╚young; offspring ╚young mammal ╚lamb ╚Persian lamb ╚teg ╚hog; hogget; hogg ╚baa-lamb ╚lambkin
	2	lamb
			the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food
		Category Tree: entity ╚substance; matter ╚solid ╚food ╚meat ╚lamb
	3	lamb, dear
			a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚innocent; inexperienced person ╚lamb, dear
	4	lamb
			a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters)
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚victim; dupe ╚lamb
	5	Lamb, Charles Lamb, Elia
			English essayist (1775-1834)
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚communicator ╚writer; author ╚essayist; litterateur ╚Lamb, Charles Lamb, Elia
B	verb
	1	lamb
			give birth to a lamb; "the ewe lambed"
		Category Tree: make; create ╚produce; bring forth ╚give birth; deliver; bear; birth; have ╚lamb

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