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Definitions of sheep:

part of speech: noun

The well- known animal covered with wool: a silly fellow ( in contempt).

part of speech: noun

A well- known animal covered with wool; familiarly, one who is foolishly modest and backward; in Scrip., a term applied to God's people, indicating their relation to Him as their shepherd.

part of speech: singular, plural

A cud- chewing animal valued for its wool and edible flesh; leather made of sheepskin.

Usage examples for sheep:

• All the sheep in the world couldn't get me away from here to- night. "The Free Range", Francis William Sullivan

• Oh, no, said the cunning fox, you are not old, but any one as beautiful as you must not watch sheep in the fields. "The Book of Nature Myths", Florence Holbrook

• And am I a sheep that must be driven? "The Journal of Arthur Stirling "The Valley of the Shadow"", Upton Sinclair

• In the afternoon went out with the sheep and left James to mind the hut. "The Bushman Life in a New Country", Edward Wilson Landor