Sheep

Quick meaning: Sheep is a noun meaning (countable) A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis.

Meaning

(countable) A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis.

More Meanings

1. (countable, strictly) A member of the domestic species Ovis aries, the most well-known species of Ovis.
2. (countable) A timid, shy person who is easily led by others.
3. (countable, chiefly Christianity, chiefly plural) A religious adherent, a member of a congregation or religious community (compare flock).
4. (uncountable) Sheepskin leather.
5. (countable, speech recognition) A person who is easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with goat.
6. (chiefly humorous) plural of shoop

Example Sentences

There is much sad evidence, too, of the spoliation and dereliction of vanished industry: tips, slag-heaps and derelict colliery-screens among which the ubiquitous, nomad mountain sheep graze unconcernedly.

Word Forms

• sheeps
• sheepe

Synonyms for sheep

Depending on context, synonyms include ovine, introvert, mouse, recluse, shybie, wallflower.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ovine, ewe, shepherd, sheepmeat, pastor, herd.

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