sheep

Meaning

1. (countable) A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis.
2. (countable) A member of the domestic species Ovis aries, the most well-known species of Ovis.
3. (countable) A timid, shy person who is easily led by others.
4. (countable, plural) A religious adherent, a member of a congregation or religious community (compare flock).
5. (uncountable) Sheepskin leather.
6. (countable) A person who is easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with goat.

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Synonyms

ram

🐏

goat

🐐

lamb

🐑

ewe

mutton

flock

wether

mouse

🐭

Ovis aries

ovine

ewes

long

meek

mountain goat

mouton

nebbish

oxen

pig

🐖

pigs

ship

🚢

udder

domestic animals

young goat

running dog

disbudding

mammary of cow

or goat

sheep’s

domestic sheep

longwool

sheep’s skin

lead cattle

sheepy

scur

baa-lamb

breggo

chicken

🐔

dog

🐕

etc.

follower

goats

hair

horses

lamp

livestock

llama

🦙

Translations

mouton

🐑

Schaf

🐑

oveja

🐑

pecora

🐑

ovelha

schaap

🐑

πρόβατο

ovis

🐑

ovella

🐑

koyun

🐑

carnero

🐑

feda

brebis

خروف

🐑

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃiːp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: schep

Inherited from Old English: sċēp

Cognate with Western Frisian: skiep

Cognate with Northern Frisian: schäip

Cognate with Dutch: schaap

Cognate with German: Schaf

Cognate with Old Norse: kjappi

Cognate with German: Kippe

Cognate with Ossetic: цӕу

Cognate with Persian: چپش

Cognate with Albanian: -

Cognate with Polish: cap

In summary

Inherited from Middle English schep, schepe, from Anglian Old English sċēp (West Saxon sċēap), from Proto-West Germanic *skāp, from Proto-Germanic *skēpą, of unknown origin.
Perhaps from the same Scythian word (compare Ossetian цӕу (cæw, “goat”), Persian چپش (čapiš, “yearling goat”)) which was borrowed into Albanian as cjap, sqap (“buck”) and into Slavic (compare Polish cap). After Kroonen, *skēpą is instead from the root of Proto-Germanic *skabaną (“to scratch”) via Kluge's law.
Cognates
Cognate with Scots sheep (“sheep”), Yola sheep, zheep (“sheep”), North Frisian schep, schäip, Sjip (“sheep”), Saterland Frisian Schäip, Skäip (“sheep”), West Frisian skiep (“sheep”), Alemannic German Schaf, Schooff (“sheep”), Bavarian Schof, Schouf, Schåf (“sheep”), Dutch schaap (“sheep”), German Schaf (“sheep”), German Low German Schaap (“sheep”), Limburgish Schoëp, sjaop (“sheep”), Luxembourgish Schof (“sheep”), Vilamovian siöf (“sheep”), Yiddish שאָף (shof, “sheep”).

Sentences

The only things that concerned the sheep were food and water .

He had always believed that the sheep were able to understand what he said .

A shepherd may like to travel , but he should never forget about his sheep .

I understand sheep ; they're no longer a problem , and they can be good friends .

He arose and , taking up his crook , began to awaken the sheep that still slept .