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sheep
[ sheep ]
noun
- any of numerous ruminant mammals of the genus Ovis, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the goats, especially O. aries, bred in a number of domesticated varieties.
- leather made from the skin of these animals.
- a meek, unimaginative, or easily led person.
SHEEP
1abbreviation for
- Sky High Earnings Expectations Possibly: applied to investments that appear to offer high returns but may be unreliable
sheep
2/ ʃː /
noun
- any of various bovid mammals of the genus Ovis and related genera, esp O. aries ( domestic sheep ), having transversely ribbed horns and a narrow face. There are many breeds of domestic sheep, raised for their wool and for meat ovine
- Barbary sheepanother name for aoudad
- a meek or timid person, esp one without initiative
- separate the sheep from the goatsto pick out the members of any group who are superior in some respects
Derived Forms
- ˈˌ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- l adjective
- l adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of sheep1
Word History and Origins
Origin of sheep1
Idioms and Phrases
- separate the sheep from the goats, to separate good people from bad or those intended for a specific end from unqualified people.
More idioms and phrases containing sheep
see black sheep ; hanged for a sheep ; separate the sheep from the goats ; wolf in sheep's clothing .Example Sentences
Francis — a pastor, pope, prophet, and friend who “smelled like his sheep” — taught us through example that working for a just distribution of the fruits of the earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy.
Long before it was a 19th century cattle and sheep ranch, the land was home to the Gabrielino-Tongva people for over 5,000 years.
"He was someone who 'smelt of the sheep' - a man of the people who was for the people".
"We used to have 40 to 50 sheep, now we've only got four or five, and the reason is the threat from snow leopards and from ibex eating the grass," he says.
"They burned my house in Zamzam and they burned my sheep," said Ms Adam, who had been living in Zamzam for two months.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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