/ ʃiːp; NAmE / noun
( pl. sheep ) an animal with a thick coat, kept on farms for its meat (called mutton or lamb ) or its wool :
a flock of sheep
Sheep were grazing in the fields.
—compare ewe , lamb , ram
—see also black sheep
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IDIOMS
- like sheep
- sort out / separate the sheep from the goats
—more at count verb , well adverb , wolf noun
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English scēp , scǣp , scēap , of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaap and German Schaf .