Толковый словарь английского языка - sheep
Sheep
sheep
noun (plural ~) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scēap; akin to Old High German scāf ~ Date: before 12th century any of various hollow-horned typically gregarious ruminant mammals (genus Ovis) related to the goats but stockier and lacking a beard in the male, 2. a timid defenseless creature, a timid docile person, leather prepared from the skins of ~ ; ~skin
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n. (pl. same) 1 any ruminant mammal of the genus Ovis with a thick woolly coat, esp. kept in flocks for its wool or meat, and noted for its timidity. 2 a bashful, timid, or silly person. 3 (usu. in pl.) a a member of a minister's congregation. b a parishioner. Phrases and idioms separate the sheep from the goats divide into superior and inferior groups (cf. Matt. 25:33). sheep-dip 1 a preparation for cleansing sheep of vermin or preserving their wool. 2 the place where sheep are dipped in this. sheep-run an extensive sheepwalk, esp. in Australia. sheep's-bit a plant, Jasione montana, resembling a scabious. Derivatives sheeplike adj. Etymology: OE scep, sc{aelig}p, sceap ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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