SHEEP
What does "SHEEP" mean?
A domesticated grazing mammal raised for its wool, meat, and milk.
Meanings
- A ruminant farm animal with a thick woolly coat, kept for wool, meat, and milk. A flock of sheep grazed across the green hillside.
- A person who follows others meekly and without independent thought. He refused to be one of the sheep who never questioned the boss. figurative
Did you know?
- Dolly, born in 1996 at Edinburgh's Roslin Institute, was the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell - and she was a sheep.
Word origin
From Old English 'sceap', from a West Germanic root; the word is identical in the singular and plural, a trait it has kept for over a thousand years.
Remember it
SHEEP keeps its double-E in both singular and plural - one sheep, two sheep, the word never changes its fleece.
A little poem
White stones on the hill
that move when the dog comes near-
the field rearranges.
haiku
What it teaches
It's easy to graze where the flock grazes; the hard part is noticing you've stopped choosing the field.
Quick facts
What does SHEEP mean?
A domesticated grazing mammal raised for its wool, meat, and milk.
Is SHEEP a valid word?
Yes — SHEEP is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SHEEP?
SHEEP has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SHEEP come from?
From Old English 'sceap', from a West Germanic root; the word is identical in the singular and plural, a trait it has kept for over a thousand years.
What can SHEEP teach us?
It's easy to graze where the flock grazes; the hard part is noticing you've stopped choosing the field.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.