sheepnoun [ C ]
uk/ʃiːp/us/ʃiːp/plural sheepA1 a farm animal with thick wool that eats grass and is kept for its wool, skin, and meat:
The farmer has several large flocks (= groups) of long-haired sheep.
We heard sheep bleating/baaing in the field.
See also
ewe
lamb
mutton
ram
More examples
- Sheep were grazing in the fields.
- She was one of the country's top sheep breeders.
- They used dogs to drive the sheep into a pen.
- a sheep farmer
- sheep shearing
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Sheep & goats
- billy goat
- ewe
- goat
- kid
- lamb
- merino
- nanny goat
- ram
- wether
Idiom(s)
be (like) sheep
separate the sheep from the goats