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- Dictionarysheep/ʃiːp/
noun
- 1. a domesticated ruminant mammal with a thick woolly coat and (typically only in the male) curving horns. It is kept in flocks for its wool or meat, and is proverbial for its tendency to follow others in the flock.
- 2. used with reference to people who are too easily influenced or led: "party members should not follow their leader like sheep"
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SHEEP definition: 1. a farm animal with thick wool that eats grass and is kept for its wool, skin, and meat: 2. a…. Learn more.
Sheep (pl.: sheep) or domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are a domesticated, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock. Although the term sheep can apply to other species in the genus Ovis, in everyday usage it almost always refers to domesticated sheep.
The meaning of SHEEP is any of various hollow-horned typically gregarious ruminant mammals (genus Ovis) related to the goats but stockier and lacking a beard in the male; specifically : one (O. aries) long domesticated especially for its flesh and wool. How to use sheep in a sentence.
Sheep definition: 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.. See examples of SHEEP used in a sentence.
SHEEP meaning: 1. a farm animal with thick wool that eats grass and is kept for its wool, skin, and meat: 2. a…. Learn more.
sheep. (shēp) n. pl. sheep. 1. a. A domesticated ruminant mammal (Ovis aries) having a thick coat, raised in many breeds for its wool, edible flesh, or hide. b. Any of various wild ruminant mammals related to and resembling the domestic sheep, such as the aoudad, bighorn sheep, and mouflon.
Definition of sheep noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
