sheep
/ˈʃiːp/noun1 syllable
Sheep means: woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat.
Synonyms for sheep1
What does sheep mean?3
noun
1
woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
2
a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon
3
a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision“his students followed him like sheep”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with sheep?16
Sheep in a sentence
- Day in and day out, he does nothing but tend his sheep.darinmex
- And then, he chased the cattle, the sheep and everyone out of the temple.CK
- And he chased the cattle, the sheep, and the people out of the temple.buster_blu
- I repeat it, and say that the world is but a flock of sheep.sacredceltic
- Later that night, the shepherd herded his sheep and went to bed.madhatter5
- He is, as it were, a stray sheep.unknown
- Do you want to trade our two sheep, one for another?FeuDRenais2
- After you kill the sheep, you'll have to skin it._undertoad
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Forms of sheep
as a noun
- plural
- sheep