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  • 31Sheep —    Are of different varieties. Probably the flocks of Abraham and Isaac were of the wild species found still in the mountain regions of Persia and Kurdistan. After the Exodus, and as a result of intercourse with surrounding nations, other species …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 32sheep — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. ram, ewe, lamb; bighorn, karakul; mutton; congregation, parish; follower. See animal, laity, modesty. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. lamb, ewe, ram, tup, mutton. Types and breeds of sheep include: Leicester …

    English dictionary for students

  • 33sheep — [OE] Sheep is a West Germanic word, with relatives in German schaf and Dutch schaap. It is not known where it came from, although it has been speculated that it may be related to German schaffen ‘make, create’ (and hence to English shape), and… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 34sheep — Suck or bad. You sheep, Lauryn! OR Man, I did sheep on the chemistry quiz …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 35sheep — Suck or bad. You sheep, Lauryn! OR Man, I did sheep on the chemistry quiz …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 36sheep — on the sheep s back A reference to the wool industry as the source of Australia s prosperity, first recorded in 1894. For much of its history Australia depended on wool as its main export, and so the notion arose that Australia was riding on the… …

    Australian idioms

  • 37sheep*/*/ — [ʃiːp] (plural sheep) noun [C] an animal that is kept by farmers for its wool or meat • See: black sheep …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 38sheep —   Hipa.    ♦ Flock of sheep, kumu hipa, pū ā hipa.    ♦ To tend sheep, kahu hipa …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 39sheep — kalniniai avinai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas gentis apibrėžtis Gentyje 2 rūšys. Paplitimo arealas – Korsika, Sardinija, Kipras, Mažoji Azija, Iranas, Afganistanas, R. Pakistanas, Š. V. Indija, P. R. Tibetas, Užkaukazė,… …

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  • 40sheep — [OE] Sheep is a West Germanic word, with relatives in German schaf and Dutch schaap. It is not known where it came from, although it has been speculated that it may be related to German schaffen ‘make, create’ (and hence to English shape), and… …

    Word origins