sheep
woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,329 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,447 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
- a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon
- a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision his students followed him like sheep
sheep in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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In order to gain a living he looked after the sheep of a great Lord.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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Make haste, my son, the hour is waxing late, The night is cold, methinks our sheep await.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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It was a little but populous village, inhabited chiefly by sheep farmers, whose flocks grazed on the neighboring hills.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance · Hall, Sir Caine · Chapter 1
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Great men sell sheep, thus to be cut in pieces, When first they have shorn them bare, and sold their fleeces.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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I drove a sheep or two along the road, or else I went to gather violets and strawberries through the woods.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1