sheep /shēp/

1. A beardless, woolly, wild or domestic ruminant animal (genus Ovis) of the goat family
2. The skin of such an animal, with or without the woolly coat
3. Someone who is like a sheep, in being eg a member of a flock (or congregation), a creature that follows meekly, is at the mercy of the wolf or the shearer, displays tameness of spirit, etc

sheepˈish adjective

1. Like a sheep
2. Embarrassed through having done something foolish or wrong

sheepˈishly adverb

sheepˈishness noun

sheepˈlike adjective

sheepˈo noun (pl sheepˈos) (Aust and NZ)

A farm worker who drives sheep into pens for shearing

sheepˈy adjective (rare)

Sheeplike

sheepˈ-biter noun (obsolete)

1. A dog that bites or worries sheep
2. Prob an oppressive supervisor (Shakespeare)

sheepˈ-biting adjective (obsolete)

1. Given to biting sheep
2. Sneaking, thieving

sheepˈcote noun

An enclosure for sheep

sheepˈ-dip noun

1. A disinfectant insecticidal preparation used in washing sheep
2. A place for dipping sheep, specif the trough of disinfectant through which they are driven
3. Inferior liquor (slang)

sheepˈdog noun

1. A dog trained to watch or drive sheep, or of a breed used for that purpose
2. A chaperon (slang)

sheepˈ-faced adjective

Sheepish, bashful

sheepˈ-farmer noun

sheepˈfold noun

sheepˈ-hook noun

A shepherd's crook

sheep ked noun

A wingless fly (Melophagus ovinus) that sucks sheeps' blood

sheepˈ-louse noun (pl sheepˈ-lice)

1. A louse (genus Trichodectes) that infests sheep
2. Loosely, a sheep ked

sheepˈ-master noun

An owner of sheep

sheep meat noun

Mutton or lamb

sheepˈ-pen noun

sheepˈ-plant noun

Vegetable sheep (qv)

sheepˈ-pox noun

A contagious eruptive disease of sheep, resembling smallpox

sheepˈ-rot noun

Liver rot

sheep run noun

A tract of grazing country for sheep

sheep'sˈ-bit scabious see under scabious

sheep scab noun

A mange in sheep transmitted by mites

sheepˈ-scorˈing noun

The counting of sheep (sheep-scoring numerals numerals of Welsh origin, used by shepherds, knitters, and in counting-out rhymes by children)

sheep's eyes plural noun

A wistful amorous look

sheep's fescue noun

A temperate tufted pasture grass (Festuca ovina)

sheep'sˈ-foot noun

A printer's claw hammer

sheepˈshank noun

1. A nautical knot for shortening a rope
2. A sheep's leg
3. Something of slender importance (Scot)

sheep'sˈ-head noun

1. The head of a sheep, esp as food (also adjective)
2. A dolt
3. An American fish related to the porgie

sheepˈshearer noun

sheepˈshearing noun

sheepˈ-silver noun

Money paid in commutation of some right connected with sheep

sheepˈskin noun

1. The skin of a sheep, with or without the fleece attached
2. An item made from it, eg a rug, horse's noseband, coat, etc
3. Leather or parchment prepared from it

sheep station noun (Aust)

A large sheep farm

sheepˈ-stealer noun

sheepˈ-stealing noun

sheep tick noun

1. Strictly, a tick (Ixodes ricinus), a parasite of sheep (and other animals, incl humans)
2. Commonly, a sheep ked

sheepˈtrack noun

A terracette

sheepˈwalk noun

A range of pasture for sheep

sheepˈ-wash noun

A sheep-dip

sheepˈ-whistling adjective (Shakespeare)

Tending sheep

black sheep

The disreputable member of a family or group

separate the sheep from the goats

To identify (esp by some test) the superior members of any group

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