Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - sheep

~ n plural sheep 1 a grass-eating farm animal that is kept for its wool and its meat  (Sheep were grazing on the hillside. | a sheep farmer | a flock of sheep (=a group of sheep))  (- see also lamb1) 2 (often plural someone who does not think independently, but follows what everyone else does or thinks 3 separate the sheep from the goats to find out which people are intelligent, skilful, successful etc, and which are not  (This test should really separate the sheep from the goats.) 4 make sheep's eyes at old-fashioned to look at someone in a way that shows you love them  (- see also black sheep, count sheep count1 (2), a wolf in sheep's clothing wolf1 (2))