What is the meaning of the word sheep

Last Updated:
9 Apr 2023
— Updated example sentences

• Abenaki: azib
• Acehnese: bubiri
• Afar: idá, marúw
• Afrikaans: skaap (af)
• Ainu: ヒチュチ (hicuci)
• Akkadian: 𒇻 (immeru)
• Albanian: delme (sq) f, dele (sq) f
• Amharic: በግ (bäg)
• Arabic: خَرُوف‎ m (ḵarūf) (both ram and sheep)

  Egyptian Arabic: خروف‎ m (ḵarūf)

  Hijazi Arabic: خاروف‎ m (ḵārūf), غنمة‎ f (ḡanama) (singulative),غنم‎ m (ḡanam) (collective)

  Iraqi Arabic: غنم‎ m (ḡanam)

  Moroccan Arabic: غنم‎ m (ḡnam) (collective), خروف‎ m (ḵrūf), خروفة‎ f (ḵrūfa), نعجة‎ f (naʿja), حولي‎ m (ḥawli)

  South Levantine Arabic: خروف‎ m (ḵarūf), غنم‎ m (ḡanam) (collective)

• Armenian: ոչխար (hy) (očʿxar)
• Aromanian: oai (roa-rup) f, oae f
• Assamese: ভেৰা (bhera), ভেড়া (bhera), ভেৰা ছাগলী (bhera sagoli), ভেড়া ছাগলী (bhera sagoli)
• Asturian: oveya (ast) f
• Aymara: iwija (ay)
• Azerbaijani: qoyun (az)
• Bactrian: ποσο (poso)
• Bakhtiari: میش‎ (mēš)
• Balinese: biri-biri
• Baluchi: میش‎ (mēš), پس‎ (pas)
• Bashkir: һарыҡ (harıq)
• Basque: ardi
• Bau Bidayuh: koming
• Belarusian: аве́чка f (avjéčka), аўца́ f (aŭcá)
• Bengali: ভেড়া (bn) (bheṛa), মেষ (meś)
• Brahui: melle
• Breton: dañvad (br) m, maout (br) m, dañvadez (br)
• Bulgarian: овца́ (bg) f (ovcá)
• Burmese: သိုး (my) (sui:), ဆိတ်ကုလား (my) (hcitku.la:)
• Buryat: хонин (xonin)
• Catalan: ovella (ca) f
• Central Melanau: biri-biri
• Chechen: уьстагӏ (üstağ)
• Cherokee: ᎠᏫ ᎤᏃᏕᎾ (awi unodena)
• Chichewa: nkhosa
• Chickasaw: chokfi, chokfi ishto’
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 綿羊／绵羊 (min⁴ joeng^4-2), 羊 (joeng⁴), 羊咩 (joeng⁴ me¹)

  Dungan: мянён (mi͡ani͡on), ён (i͡on)

  Mandarin: 綿羊／绵羊 (zh) (miányáng), 羊 (zh) (yáng)

  Min Nan: 綿羊／绵羊 (zh-min-nan) (mî-iûⁿ), 羊 (zh-min-nan) (iûⁿ), 羊仔 (zh-min-nan) (iûⁿ-á)

• Chiricahua: dibéhé
• Chuukese: siip
• Chuvash: сурӑх (surăh)
• Classical Nahuatl: ichcatl
• Cornish: davas f
• Crimean Tatar: qoy
• Czech: ovce (cs) f
• Dairi Batak: biri-biri
• Danish: får (da) n
• Daur: xonii
• Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
• Dongxiang: ghoni
• Dutch: schaap (nl) n
• Dzongkha: ལུག (lug)
• Edo: óhuán
• Esperanto: ŝafo (eo)
• Estonian: lammas (et)
• Evenki: беру (beru)
• Ewe: alẽ
• Faroese: seyður (fo) m
• Finnish: lammas (fi)
• French: mouton (fr) m
• Friulian: piore f, fede f
• Galician: ovella (gl) f, motóa f, almella f, andosca f
• Gamilaraay: thimba
• Gaulish: *multon-
• Ge’ez: በግዕ (baggə’)
• Georgian: ცხვარი (cxvari)
• German: Schaf (de) n
• Gondi: గొర్రె (gorre)
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱 n (lamb)
• Greek: πρόβατο (el) n (próvato)

  Ancient: ὄϊς m or f (óïs), πρόβατον n (próbaton)

• Greenlandic: sava (kl)
• Guaraní: ovecha
• Gujarati: ઘેટું (gu) (gheṭũ)
• Haitian Creole: mouton
• Hausa: tunkìyā f
• Hawaiian: hipa
• Hebrew: כֶּבֶשׂ‎ (he) m (kéves)
• Hindi: भेड़ (hi) f (bheṛ), मेष (hi) m (meṣ) (both ram and sheep)
• Hungarian: juh (hu), birka (hu)
• Icelandic: sauður (is) m, sauðkind (is) f, kind (is) f, fé (is) n (collective), sauðfé (is) n (collective), ær (is) f (ewe), rolla (is) f
• Ido: mutono (io)
• Ifè: àgùɖã̀
• Igala: álá, àgwùtọ̀ (obsolete)
• Igbo: atụlū
• Inari Sami: savzâ
• Indonesian: domba (id), biri-biri (id)
• Ingrian: lammas
• Ingush: устагӏ (ustağ)
• Interlingua: ove
• Irish: caora (ga) f
• Isekiri: àgútàn
• Italian: pecora (it) f
• Izon: ọnị́na
• Japanese: 羊 (ja) (ひつじ, hitsují), ヒツジ (ja) (hitsuji), 綿羊 (めんよう, men’yō)
• Jeju: 양 (yang)
• Jicarilla: dibé
• Jurchen: honi
• Kabyle: ikerri m
• Kalmyk: хөн (hön)
• Kannada: ಕುರಿ (kn) (kuri)
• Karelian: lammas
• Karo Batak: biri-biri
• Kashmiri: کَٹھ‎ m (kaṭh), گٔب‎ f (gạb)
• Kashubian: òwca
• Kazakh: қой (qoi)
• Khmer: ចៀម (km) (ciəm)
• Komi-Permyak: ыж (yž)
• Korean: 양 (ko) (yang), 면양 (ko) (myeonyang)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: مەڕ‎ (ckb) (merr)

  Northern Kurdish: mî (ku) (ewe), mih (ku) (ewe), beran (ku) (ram), pez (ku) (both), berx (ku) (little), berindir (ku) (young), beyindir (ku) (young)

• Kyrgyz: кой (ky) (koy)
• Ladin: biescia
• Lao: ແກະ (lo) (kæ)
• Latgalian: vuška f
• Latin: ovis (la) f
• Latvian: aita f, avs (lv) f
• Laz: ჩხური (çxuri)
• Ligurian: pêgoa f
• Limburgish: sjaop (li) n
• Lithuanian: avis (lt) f
• Livonian: lāmbaz
• Louisiana Creole French: mouton
• Low German: Schaap n
• Luganda: endiga
• Luhya: likhese, likhese
• Lusitanian: oilam f
• Luxembourgish: Schof n
• Lü: ᦵᦈᧃ (ṫsen)
• Macedonian: овца f (ovca)
• Maguindanao: bili-bili
• Makasar: biri-biri
• Malagasy: besavily (mg), ondry (mg)
• Malay: biri-biri, bebiri, kambing biri-biri, kambing bebiri, domba (archaic)
• Malayalam: ചെമ്മരിയാട് (cemmariyāṭŭ)
• Maltese: nagħġa f, nagħaġ pl
• Manchu: ᡥᠣᠨᡳᠨ (honin)
• Manx: keyrrey f
• Maore Comorian: ɓariɓari class 5/6
• Maori: hipi
• Maranao: bili-bili
• Marathi: ^{(please verify)} मेंढी (meṇḍhī)
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: шорык (šoryk)

  Western Mari: шарык (šaryk)

• Mazanderani: گاسفند‎ (gâsfand), گسن‎ (gəsan)
• Mbyá Guaraní: ovexa
• Mi’kmaq: jijgluewj anim
• Middle English: schep
• Middle Korean: 야ᇰ (yang)
• Mingrelian: შხური (šxuri)
• Mirandese: canhona f, oubeilha f
• Mon: သဵု (mnw) (sɒ)
• Mongolian: хонь (mn) (xonʹ)
• Nahuatl: ichcatl (nah)
• Nanai: хонин
• Navajo: dibé
• Nepali: भेंडा (bheṇḍā)
• Nias: biri-biri
• Nigerian Pidgin: sheep
• Norman: mouton m
• North Frisian:

  Föhr: schep n

  Goesharde, Mooring: schäip n

• Northern Sami: sávza
• Norwegian: sau (no) m, får (no) n
• Nupe: kingbàgbà
• Occitan: feda (oc) f, oelha (oc) f
• Ojibwe: maanishtaanish
• Okinawan: please add this translation if you can
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: овьца f (ovĭca)

  Glagolitic: ⱁⰲⱐⱌⰰ f (ovĭca)

• Old East Slavic: овьца f (ovĭca)
• Old English: scēap n
• Old Irish: cáera f
• Olukumi: àgùntàn
• Oriya: ମେଣ୍ଢା (or) (meṇḍha)
• Oromo: hoolaa
• Ossetian: фыс (fys)
• Ottoman Turkish: قویون‎ (koyun)
• Pashto: مړېيه‎ m (lṛeyǝ́), مېږ‎ m (meẓ), مږه‎ f (mᶕɀa), پسه‎ (ps) f (pәsᶕ, psᶕ), ګډه‎ f (gǝ́ḍa)
• Persian: گوسفند‎ (fa) (gusfand), میش‎ (fa) (miš), قوچ‎ (fa) (quč)
• Plautdietsch: Schop (nds) n
• Polabian: vicĕ n
• Polish: owca (pl) f
• Portuguese: ovelha (pt) f
• Punic: 𐤔‎ (s)
• Punjabi: ਭੇਡ (bheḍ)
• Quechua: uwija
• Rohingya: sóol
• Romagnol: pégra f, pégura f
• Romani: bakro m, bakri f
• Romanian: oaie (ro)
• Romansch: nursa, nuorsa f, besch m
• Russian: овца́ (ru) f (ovcá), ове́чка (ru) f (ovéčka)
• S’gaw Karen: သိ (thoh)
• Samoan: mamoe
• Sango: walitaba (sg)
• Sanskrit: अवि (sa) m or f (avi), अविक (sa) m (avika)
• Santali: ᱵᱷᱤᱰᱤ (bhiḍi)
• Sardinian: brebei, berbeghe, barveghe, chessi, tzicca, erveche, odda (old sheep), argasa (sheep that lost her lamb)
• Saterland Frisian: Skäip f
• Scots: sheep
• Scottish Gaelic: caora f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: овца f, ован m, јагње n (lamb), јање n (Croatian)

  Roman: ovca (sh) f, ovan (sh) m, jagnje (sh) n (lamb), janje (sh) n (Croatian)

• Seychellois Creole: mouton
• Shan: သူဝ်း (shn) (só)
• Sidamo: gerechcho
• Simeulue: biri-biri
• Sindhi: رڍ‎
• Sinhalese: බැටළුවා (bæṭaḷuwā)
• Slovak: ovca (sk) f
• Slovene: ôvca (sl) f, ôven (sl) m
• Somali: ido
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: wójca f

  Upper Sorbian: wowca f

• Spanish: carnero (es) m, oveja (es) f
• Sumerian: 𒇻 (UDU)
• Swahili: kondoo (sw)
• Swedish: får (sv) n
• Tagalog: tupa (tl), obeha
• Tajik: гӯсфанд (tg) (güsfand)
• Talysh: ^{(please verify)} پس‎ (pas) (Asalem dialect)
• Tamil: செம்மறியாடு (ta) (cemmaṟiyāṭu)
• Taos: k’úona
• Tatar: сарык (tt) (sarıq)
• Telugu: గొర్రె (te) (gorre)
• Tetum: bibi malae
• Thai: แกะ (th) (gɛ̀)
• Tibetan: ལུག (lug)
• Tigrinya: በጊዕ (bägiʿ)
• Tocharian B: śaiyye
• Tok Pisin: sipsip
• Tongan: sipi
• Tsakonian: βάννε (vánne)
• Tsonga: nyimpfu
• Tswana: nku (9/10)
• Turkish: koyun (tr)
• Turkmen: goýun
• Tuvan: хой (xoy)
• Ukrainian: вівця́ (uk) f (vivcjá)
• Urdu: بھیڑ‎ (ur) f (bheṛ), گوسفند‎ f (gosfand), میش‎ m (meṣ) (both ram and sheep)
• Uyghur: قوي‎ (ug) (qoy)
• Uzbek: qoʻy (uz), goʻsfand (uz)
• Venetian: piègora (vec) f, pégora, pigora, piovra, feda (vec) f, féda f
• Veps: lambaz
• Vietnamese: cừu (vi)
• Vilamovian: siöf n
• Volapük: jip (vo)
• Voro: lammas
• Votic: lammõz
• Walloon: bedot (wa) m, moton (wa) m
• Welsh: dafad (cy) f, defaid (cy) pl
• West Frisian: skiep n
• Western Apache: dibéé, dobéé, dibéłįį, bee’é, mee’é, mę’é
• Western Panjabi: بھیڈ‎
• Wolof: xar mi (wo)
• Yakut: хой (qoy)
• Yiddish: שעפּס‎ m (sheps), שאָף‎ m or f (shof)
• Yoruba: àgùtàn
• Zazaki: mi, kavır (diq)
• Zhuang: yiengz
• Zulu: imvu (zu) class 9/10

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Taxation: how the sheep are shorn.

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SHEEP

Old English sceap; related to Old Frisian skēp, Old Saxon scāp, Old High German scāf.

PRONUNCIATION OF SHEEP

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHEEP

Sheep is a noun.

WHAT DOES SHEEP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sheep in the English dictionary

The definition of sheep in the dictionary is any of various bovid mammals of the genus Ovis and related genera, esp O. aries, having transversely ribbed horns and a narrow face. There are many breeds of domestic sheep, raised for their wool and for meat related adjective ovine. Other definition of sheep is a meek or timid person, esp one without initiative.

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TRANSLATION OF SHEEP

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHEEP»

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REFERENCE

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овца, баран, овчина, паства, овечья шкура, робкий человек, застенчивый человек

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Словосочетания

cheese made from sheep’s milk — сыр из овечьего молока  
a dog that was molesting sheep — собака, которая нападала на овец  
sheep breeder — овцевод  
sheep farm — овцеферма  
to tend a flock of sheep — пасти стадо овец  
a flock / herd of sheep — стадо овец  
sheep baa / bleat — овцы блеют  
a wolf in sheep’s clothing — волк в овечьей шкуре  
breeder sheep — племенная овца  
cheviot sheep — овца породы «шевиот»  
dairy sheep — молочная овца  
sheep-dog — овчарка  

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Возможные однокоренные слова

sheepish  — глуповатый, робкий, застенчивый

Формы слова

noun
ед. ч.(singular): sheep
мн. ч.(plural): sheep

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  sheep
  
  

  English-Russian dictionary of biology and biotechnology > sheep

• 2
  sheep
  
  

  sheep [ʃi:p]

  n

  (

  pl без измен.

  )

  1) овца́, бара́н;

  2) ро́бкий, засте́нчивый челове́к

  3) (

  обыкн. pl

  ) па́ства ( часто

  шутл.

  )

  to cast ( или to make) sheep’s eyes at smb. броса́ть влюблённые взгля́ды на кого́-л.

  ;

  Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > sheep

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  sheep
  
  

  Персональный Сократ > sheep

• 4
  sheep
  
  

  Англо-русский текстильный словар > sheep

• 5
  sheep
  
  

  Англо-русский текстильный словар > sheep

• 6
  sheep
  
  

  ʃi:p сущ.;
  мн. — sheep
  1) овца;
  баран to raise, rear брит. sheep ≈ разводить овец sheep baa, bleat, go baa ≈ овцы блеют flock, herd of sheep ≈ стадо овец The meat of the sheep is mutton. ≈ Мясо овцы — баранина. Sheep are tended by a shepherd. ≈ Овец пасет пастух. A young sheep is a lamb. ≈ Детеныш овцы называется ягненок. Its meat is lamb. ≈ Ее (овцы) мясо называется бараниной. A female sheep is a ewe. ≈ Овца — ewe. A male sheep is a ram. ≈ Мужская особь овцы называется баран. to shear sheep ≈ стричь овец Syn: ewe, ram
  2) перен. а) робкий, застенчивый человек б) безвольный, несамостоятельный человек to follow like sheep ≈ слепо следовать( за кем-л.)
  3) церк.;
  тж. шутл. паства
  4) выделанная баранья или овечья кожа;
  овчина;
  шевро ∙ as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lamb ≈ семь бед — один ответ wolf in sheep’s clothing black sheep cast sheep’s eyes make sheep’ eyes
  (зоология) овца (Ovis) — bighorn * снежный баран( Ovis canadensis) — Pamir * памирский архар (Ovis ammon polii) (сельскохозяйственное) овца, баран — * in fleece неостриженная овца — * in lamb суягная овца — breeding * племенная овца — entire male * некастрированный баран — flock of * стадо овец — stray * овца, отбившаяся от стада робкий, застенчивый человек ограниченный, безвольный человек — to follow like * идти( за кем-либо) как баран;
  слепо повиноваться( шотландское) (университетское) (жаргон) второкурсник выделанная баранья кожа;
  овчина (церковное) паства — lost * (библеизм) заблудшая овца;
  грешник — to separate the * from the goats отделить овец от козлищ > wolf in *’s clothing волк в овечьей шкуре > a * among wolves овечка среди волков > as a * among the shearers как овца, отдающая себя на заклание > a scabbed * will mar the flock паршивая овца все стадо портит > * that have no shepherd, * without a shepherd беспомощная толпа;
  паства без пастуха > black * паршивая овца > there is a black * in every flock (пословица) в семье не без урода > as well be hanged for a * as (for) a lamb (пословица) семь бед — один ответ;
  двум смертям не бывать, одной не миновать
  to cast (или to make) ~’s eyes (at smb.) бросать влюбленные взгляды на кого-л;
  as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lamb = семь бед — один ответ
  ~ шевро (сорт кожи) ;
  wolf in sheep’s clothing волк в овечьей шкуре;
  the black sheep (of a family) выродок( в семье)
  to cast (или to make) ~’s eyes (at smb.) бросать влюбленные взгляды на кого-л;
  as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lamb = семь бед — один ответ
  sheep (pl без измен.) овца;
  баран;
  to follow like sheep слепо следовать (за кем-л.)
  sheep (pl без измен.) овца;
  баран;
  to follow like sheep слепо следовать (за кем-л.) ~ (обыкн. pl) паства (часто шутл.) ~ робкий, застенчивый человек ~ шевро (сорт кожи) ;
  wolf in sheep’s clothing волк в овечьей шкуре;
  the black sheep (of a family) выродок (в семье)
  ~ шевро (сорт кожи) ;
  wolf in sheep’s clothing волк в овечьей шкуре;
  the black sheep (of a family) выродок (в семье)

  Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > sheep

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  sheep
  
  

  [ʃiːp]

  n

  овца, баран

  Sheep are tended by a shepherd. — Овец пасет пастух.

  As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb. — ◊ Семь бед, один ответ. /Двум смертям не бывать, а одной не миновать.

  There’s a black sheep in every flock. — ◊ В семье не без урода.

  A wolf in sheep’s clothing. — ◊ Волк в овечьей шкуре.

  To separate the sheep from the goats. — ◊ Отделить овец от козлищ. /Отделить праведников от грешников.

  If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow. — ◊ Куда один баран, туда и все стадо

  — shorn sheep

  
  — dairy sheep
  — wandering sheep
  — stray sheep
  — sheep wool
  — sheep in fleece

  — drive the sheep to pasture

  
  — fold the sheep
  — keep the sheep
  — round the sheep up
  — huddle the sheep together
  — shear sheep
  — sheep graze
  — sheep huddle together
  — sheep baa

  English-Russian combinatory dictionary > sheep

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  sheep
  
  

  [ʃi:p]

  (pl без измен.)

  breeding [dairy, mutton] sheep — племенная [молочная, мясная] овца

  flock of sheep — стадо /отара/ овец

  stray sheep — овца, отбившаяся от стада /от отары/

  2. 1) робкий, застенчивый человек

  2) ограниченный, безвольный человек

  3.

  унив. жарг. второкурсник

  4. выделанная баранья кожа; овчина

  lost sheep — а) заблудшая овца; б) грешник; to separate the sheep from the goats — отделить овец от козлищ /праведников от грешников/

  wolf in sheep’s clothing — волк в овечьей шкуре

  as a sheep among the shearers — ≅ как овца, отдающая себя на заклание

  sheep that have no shepherd, sheep without a shepherd — беспомощная /беспорядочная/ толпа; ≅ паства без пастуха

  as well be hanged /hung/ for a sheep as (for) a lamb — ≅ семь бед — один ответ; двум смертям не бывать, одной не миновать

  НБАРС > sheep

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  sheep
  
  

  1. n с. -х. овца, баран

  2. n робкий, застенчивый человек

  3. n ограниченный, безвольный человек

  4. n шотл. унив. жарг. второкурсник

  5. n выделанная баранья кожа; овчина

  6. n церк. паства

  sheep that have no shepherd, sheep without a shepherd — беспомощная толпа;

  Синонимический ряд:

  2. farm animals (noun) cattle; cows; domestic animals; farm animals; herd; livestock; pigs

  English-Russian base dictionary > sheep

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  sheep
  
  

  [ʃi:p]

  to cast (или to make) sheep’s eyes (at smb.) бросать влюбленные взгляды на кого-л; as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lamb = семь бед — один ответ sheep шевро (сорт кожи); wolf in sheep’s clothing волк в овечьей шкуре; the black sheep (of a family) выродок (в семье) to cast (или to make) sheep’s eyes (at smb.) бросать влюбленные взгляды на кого-л; as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lamb = семь бед — один ответ sheep (pl без измен.) овца; баран; to follow like sheep слепо следовать (за кем-л.) sheep (pl без измен.) овца; баран; to follow like sheep слепо следовать (за кем-л.) sheep (обыкн. pl) паства (часто шутл.) sheep робкий, застенчивый человек sheep шевро (сорт кожи); wolf in sheep’s clothing волк в овечьей шкуре; the black sheep (of a family) выродок (в семье) sheep шевро (сорт кожи); wolf in sheep’s clothing волк в овечьей шкуре; the black sheep (of a family) выродок (в семье)

  English-Russian short dictionary > sheep

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  sheep
  
  

  English-russian biological dictionary > sheep

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  sheep
  
  

  [ʃiːp]

  1)

  Syn:

  a flock / herd of sheep — стадо овец

  sheep baa / bleat — овцы блеют

  The meat of the sheep is mutton. — Мясо овцы — баранина.

  Sheep are tended by a shepherd. — Овец пасёт пастух.

  A young sheep is a lamb. — Детёныш овцы — ягнёнок.

  Syn:

  2)

  а) робкий, застенчивый человек

  б) безвольный, несамостоятельный человек

  to follow smb. like sheep — слепо следовать за кем-л.

  4) выделанная баранья или овечья кожа; овчина; шевро

  ••

  to cast / make sheep’s eyes at smb. — бросать на кого-л. влюблённые взгляды

  
  — black sheep of a family
  — black sheep

  Англо-русский современный словарь > sheep

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  sheep
  
  

  Large English-Russian phrasebook > sheep

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  sheep
  
  

  овца
  имя существительное:

  Англо-русский синонимический словарь > sheep

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  sheep
  
  

  noun

  1) овца; баран; to follow like sheep слепо следовать (за кем-л.)

  2) робкий, застенчивый человек

  3) (

  обыкн.

  pl) паства (часто

  шутл.

  )

  4) шевро (сорт кожи)

  wolf in sheep’s clothing волк в овечьей шкуре

  the black sheep (of a family) выродок (в семье)

  to cast (или to make) sheep’s eyes at smb. бросать влюбленные взгляды на кого-л

  as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lamb

  =

  семь бед — один ответ

  * * *

  (n) овца; овцы

  * * *

  * * *

  [ ʃɪːp]
  овца, баран; робкий человек, застенчивый человек; овчина, овечья шкура, баранья шкура; паства

  * * *

  баран

  бараны

  овечка

  овца

  овце

  овцы

  паства

  робкий

  * * *

  мн. — sheep
  1) овца
  2) перен.
  а) робкий, застенчивый человек
  б) безвольный, несамостоятельный человек

  Новый англо-русский словарь > sheep

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  sheep
  
  

  English-Russian big polytechnic dictionary > sheep

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  sheep
  
  

  The Americanisms. English-Russian dictionary. > sheep

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  sheep’s
  
  

  Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > sheep’s

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  sheep’s
  
  

  Англо-русский технический словарь > sheep’s

• 20
  sheep
  
  

  2000 самых употребительных английских слов > sheep

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sheep

 (shēp)

n. pl. sheep

1.

a. A domesticated ruminant mammal (Ovis aries) having a thick coat, raised in many breeds for its wool, edible flesh, or hide.

b. Any of various wild ruminant mammals related to and resembling the domestic sheep, such as the aoudad, bighorn sheep, and mouflon.

c. Leather made from the skin of one of these animals.

2.

a. A person regarded as timid, weak, or submissive.

b. One who is easily swayed or led.

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[Middle English, from Old English scēap.]

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sheep

(ʃiːp)

n, pl sheep

1. (Animals) any of various bovid mammals of the genus Ovis and related genera, esp O. aries (domestic sheep), having transversely ribbed horns and a narrow face. There are many breeds of domestic sheep, raised for their wool and for meat.

2. (Animals) Barbary sheep another name for aoudad

3. a meek or timid person, esp one without initiative

4. separate the sheep from the goats to pick out the members of any group who are superior in some respects

[Old English sceap; related to Old Frisian skēp, Old Saxon scāp, Old High German scāf]

ˈsheepˌlike adj

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SHEEP

(ʃiːp)

acronym for

(Stock Exchange) Sky High Earnings Expectations Possibly: applied to investments that appear to offer high returns but may be unreliable

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sheep

(ʃip)

n., pl. sheep.

1. any of several ruminant mammals, esp. of the genus Ovis, closely related to goats, esp. the domesticated O. aries.

2. leather made from the skin of these animals.

3. a meek, unimaginative, or easily led person.

[before 900; Old English (Anglian) scēp, c. Old Frisian skēp, Old Saxon scāp, Old High German scāf]

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sheep

– lamb

1. ‘sheep’

A sheep is a farm animal with a thick woolly coat. The plural of sheep is sheep.

The farmer has six hundred sheep.

A flock of sheep was grazing on the hill.

2. ‘lamb’

A lamb is a young sheep.

The field was full of little lambs.

The meat of a young sheep is called lamb. When it is used with this meaning, lamb is an uncountable noun.

For dinner, we had lamb and potatoes.

The meat of an adult sheep is called mutton, but this meat is less common in Britain and America than lamb. Don’t use ‘sheep’ to refer to the meat of a sheep.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	sheep — woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat bovid — hollow-horned ruminants ewe — female sheep tup, ram — uncastrated adult male sheep; «a British term is `tup'» wether — male sheep especially a castrated one trotter — foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food withers — the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals fold, flock — a group of sheep or goats herd — a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
	2.	sheep — a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon simpleton, simple — a person lacking intelligence or common sense
	3.	sheep — a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision; «his students followed him like sheep» follower — a person who accepts the leadership of another

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sheep

noun

Quotations
«He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter» Bible: Isaiah

Breeds of sheep

Beulah Speckled-face, bighorn or mountain sheep, Blackface, Black Welsh Mountain, Blue-faced or Hexham Leicester, Border Leicester, Boreray, Brecknock Hill Cheviot, British Bleu du Maine, British Charollais, British Friesland, British Milksheep, British Oldenburg, British Texel, British Vendéen, Cambridge, Cheviot, Clun Forest, Colbred, Corriedale, Cotswold, Dalesbred, Dartmoor, Derbyshire Gritstone, Devon and Cornwall Longwool, Devon Closewool, Dorset Down, Dorset Horn, East Friesland, English Halfbred, Exmoor Horn, Hampshire Down, Hebridian or St. Kilda, Herdwick, Hill Radnor, Île de France, Jacob, karakul, caracul, or broadtail, Kerry Hill, Leicester Longwool, Lincoln Longwool, Llanwenog, Lleyn, Lonk, Manx Loghtan, Masham, Merino, Mule, Norfolk Horn, North Country Cheviot, Orkney or North Ronaldsay, Oxford or Oxfordshire Down, Polwarth, Portland, Rambouillet, Romney Marsh, Rouge de l’Ouest, Rough Fell, Ryeland, Scottish Blackface, Scottish Halfbred, Shetland, Shropshire, Soay, Southdown, South Wales Mountain, Suffolk, Swaledale, Teeswater, Texel, Welsh Halfbred, Welsh Hill Speckled, Welsh Mountain, Welsh Mountain Badger Faced, Welsh Mule, Wensleydale Longwool, White Face Dartmoor, Whitefaced Woodland, Wiltshire Horn

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Translations

овца

ovella

ovce

får

ŝafo

lammas

گوسفند

lammashiirulainen

ovca

juhbirka

biri-biridomba

kindsauðfésauðkindsauðurær

羊

양

ovis

aviganisavispasimetussuglumus

aita

oaie

ovca

ovcaoven

får

แกะ

con cừucừu

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sheep

[ˈʃiːp] [sheep] (pl) n → mouton m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sheep

n pl <-> (lit, fig) → Schaf nt; to count sheep → Schäfchen zählen; to separate the sheep from the goats (fig) → die Schafe von den Böcken trennen; to make sheep’s eyes at somebody → jdn anhimmeln; you might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb (prov) → wennschon, dennschon

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sheep

:

sheep-dip

n → Desinfektionsbad nt → für Schafe; (for mange) → Räudebad nt

sheep farm

n → Schaffarm f

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sheep

:

sheepshearer

n (= person) → Schafscherer(in) m(f)

sheepshearing

n → Schafschur f

sheepskin

n

→ Schaffell nt; sheep (jacket) → Schaffelljacke f

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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

sheep

(ʃiːp) – plural sheep – noun

a kind of animal related to the goat, whose flesh is used as food and from whose wool clothing is made. a flock of sheep.

ˈsheepish adjective

embarrassed. a sheepish expression.

ˈsheepishly adverbˈsheepdog noun

a dog (of a kind often) trained to work with sheep.

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

sheep

→ خَرُوف ovce får Schaf πρόβατο oveja lammas mouton ovca pecora 羊 양 schaap sau owca carneiro овца får แกะ koyun con cừu 羊

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Britannica Dictionary definition of SHEEP

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