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Definition of Lambing

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act of giving birth to a lamb or lambs (regarding a ewe); act of looking after ewes that are lambing (regarding shepherd or farmer)
give birth to a lamb, give birth to lambs
Lambing Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Lamb
WordNet 2.0

1. young sheep
(hypernym) young mammal
(hyponym) lambkin
(member-holonym) Ovis, genus Ovis
2. a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters)
(hypernym) victim, dupe
3. a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)
(synonym) dear
(hypernym) innocent, inexperienced person
4. the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food
(hypernym) meat
(part-holonym) domestic sheep, Ovis aries
(part-meronym) cut of lamb

1. give birth to a lamb; "the ewe lambed"
(hypernym) give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have