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Definition of 'sheep' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) sheep
any of several ruminant mammals, esp. of the genus Ovis, closely related to goats, esp. the domesticated O. aries.

2.  sheep
leather made from the skin of these animals.

3.  sheep
a meek, unimaginative, or easily led person.

Etymology:  (bef. 900; OE (Anglian) scēp, c. OFris skēp, OS

Definition of 'sheep' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) sheep
woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat

2. (noun) sheep
a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon

3. (noun) sheep
a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision
"his students followed him like sheep"


Definition of 'sheep' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) sheep
a farm animal used for its wool
a sheep farm


Definition of 'sheep' Webster Dictionary 

1.  sheep
any one of several species of ruminants of the genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia

2.  sheep
a weak, bashful, silly fellow

3.  sheep
fig.: The people of God, as being under the government and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd


Definition of 'sheep' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  sheep
Any of the ruminant mammals with curved horns in the genus Ovis, family Bovidae. They possess lachrymal grooves and interdigital glands, which are absent in GOATS.


Translation of 'sheep' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a kind of animal related to the goat, whose flesh is used as food and from whose wool clothing is made
a flock of sheep.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: skape Arabic flag Arabic: خَروف، شاه، غنَم Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: овца
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ovelha Czech flag Czech: ovce German flag German: das Schaf
Danish flag Danish: får Greek flag Greek: πρόβατο Spanish flag Spanish: oveja
Estonian flag Estonian: lammas Farsi flag Farsi: گوسفند Finnish flag Finnish: lammas
French flag French: mouton Hebrew flag Hebrew: כֶּבֶש Hindi flag Hindi: भेड़
Croatian flag Croatian: ovca Hungarian flag Hungarian: juh Indonesian flag Indonesian: domba
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kind Italian flag Italian: pecora Japanese flag Japanese: 
Korean flag Korean:  Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: avis Latvian flag Latvian: aita
Malay flag Malay: biri-biri Dutch flag Dutch: schaap Norwegian flag Norwegian: sau, får; smale
Polish flag Polish: owca Persian flag Persian: گوسفند Pashto flag Pashto: پسه، ګډ: بې زړه، مړيي، ډا
Portuguese flag Portuguese: ovelha Romanian flag Romanian: oaie Russian flag Russian: овца
Slovak flag Slovak: ovca Slovenian flag Slovenian: ovca Serbian flag Serbian: ovca
Swedish flag Swedish: får Thai flag Thai: แกะ Turkish flag Turkish: koyun
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 綿羊 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: баран, вівця Urdu flag Urdu: بھیڑ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: con cừu Chinese flag Chinese: 绵羊

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