[
UK
/ʃˈiːp/
]
[ US /ˈʃip/ ]
[ US /ˈʃip/ ]
NOUN
- woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
- a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon
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a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision
his students followed him like sheep
How To Use sheep In A Sentence
- If you are lucky enough to have a grassy paddock, it's worth the effort to get a couple of horses or a flock of sheep standing in just the right place.
- A Scottish moor long bore the reputation for being haunted by a phantom flock of sheep, which were always heard "baaing" plaintively before a big storm. Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter
- Cattle seem to absorb less radioactivity than sheep, except for the milk, which is to be avoided at all costs because of the iodine.
- Country pursuits on offer include sheep-racing, woodcarving with chainsaws, small-bore rifle-shooting, wool-spinning, bee demonstrations, candle-making and ferret-racing.
- Five cows and 30 sheep were slaughtered during the event, which together with the bride's R60000 lobola cost the groom a total of R200000.
- Tents and rugs are made from sheep's wool or goats' hair.
- I do not of course mean, Heaven forbid! that people should try to converse seriously; that results in the worst kind of dreariness, in feeling, as Stevenson said, that one has the brain of a sheep and the eyes of a boiled codfish. From a College Window
- Many had difficulty negotiating the cross-drive obstacle, where often it was not until they were almost upon it that is was clear whether the sheep were going through or around the outside.
- This pattern of stimulus and response is parallel to the way that a shepherd might train his sheepdog.
- Farming provided food, and their sheep provided wool for cloth.