sheep

Meaning

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

Concepts

sheep

ram

goat

lamb

ewe

mutton

flock

wether

Ovis aries

ewes

ovine

mouse

livestock

ship

mammary of cow

or goat

udder

sheep’s

llama

lamp

sheep’s skin

young goat

mountain goat

nebbish

baa-lamb

longwool

goats

lead cattle

breggo

etc.

running dog

follower

meek

hair

long

domestic animals

horses

oxen

pigs

chicken

dog

pig

disbudding

scur

sheepy

mouton

domestic sheep

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃiːp/

Etymology

From Middle English schep, schepe, from Anglian Old English sċēp, a variant of sċēap, from Proto-West Germanic *skāp, from Proto-Germanic *skēpą (compare West Frisian skiep, North Frisian schäip, Dutch schaap, German Schaf), beside *keppô (compare Old Norse kjappi (“buck”), dialectal German Kippe (“newborn calf”)), 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.

Sentences

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