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sheep
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[ʃiːp], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a domesticated ruminant mammal with a thick woolly coat and (typically only in the male) curving horns. It is kept in flocks for its wool or meat, and is proverbial for its tendency to follow others in the flock
- used with reference to people who are too easily influenced or led
(e.g: party members should not follow their leader like sheep)
- a person regarded as a protected follower of God
Phrases:
- count sheep
- make sheep's eyes at
Origin
:
Old English scēp, scǣp, scēap, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaap and German Schaf
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