Definitions for sheep

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sheep sheep

Spelling: [sheep]

IPA: /ʃip/

Sheep is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 38 anagrams from letters in sheep (eehps).

Definitions for sheep

noun

1. 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.
2. leather made from the skin of these animals.
3. a meek, unimaginative, or easily led person.

Idioms

1. separate the sheep from the goats, to separate good people from bad or those intended for a specific end from unqualified people.

Origin of sheep

before 900; Middle English; Old English (north) scēp; cognate with Dutch schaap, German Schaf

Examples for sheep

He notes that on Naxos sheep have very large gallbladders, but on Euboea they do not.

I have in mind one old chap who used to herd the sheep on my uncle's farm.

Wolves or watch-dogs, it was hard to say from which the sheep had most to fear.

Farmers, fearing ISIS attacks, have left the city with their sheep.

What sheep he did not kill for the use of his men, he ordered to be bayoneted.

You will find winding pasture for sheep and highland cattle.

Another Yazidi man from south of the mountain near Tel Banat told me that his kreef is protecting his sheep.

I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

The first picture that attracted our admiration was a "sheep scene," by Lambdin.

I had to pause for sheep crossing the road, which is a common occurrence when driving through the Highlands of Scotland.