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   sheep

   /ʃiːp/

   noun

   • 1. 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.
   • ▪ a wild mammal related to this, such as the argali, bighorn, bharal, and urial.
   • 2. used with reference to people who are too easily influenced or led: "party members should not follow their leader like sheep"
   • 3. a person regarded as a protected follower of God.
   • ▪ a member of a minister's congregation.

   Word Origin Old Englishscēp, scǣp, scēap, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaap and German Schaf.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sheeplike adjective

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