lamb
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
young sheep
Types & categories
- young mammal hypernym
- lambkin hyponym
- baa-lamb hyponym
- hogget hyponym
- teg hyponym
- Persian lamb hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Ovis member holonym
Related & opposite
- lamb derivation
Sense 2 verb
give birth to a lamb
the ewe lambed
Types & categories
- birth hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters)
Types & categories
- dupe hypernym
Sense 4 noun
a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)
Types & categories
- innocent hypernym
Sense 5 noun
the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food
Types & categories
- meat hypernym
Parts & wholes
- domestic sheep part holonym
- cut of lamb part meronym
- loin of lamb part meronym
Related & opposite
- lamb derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lamb |
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Ovis |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | young mammal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lambkin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | baa-lamb |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hogget |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | teg |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Persian lamb |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lamb |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lamb |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | birth |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | dupe |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | innocent |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | lamb |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | domestic sheep |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | cut of lamb |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | loin of lamb |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | meat |