Definition of sheep

"sheep" in the noun sense

1. sheep

woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat

2. sheep

a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon

3. sheep

a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision

"his students followed him like sheep"

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Quotations for sheep

A wolf in sheep's clothing. [ Proverb ]

Good pastures make fat sheep. [ As You Like It ]

As rich as a new-shorn sheep. [ Proverb ]

Better be a shrew than a sheep. [ Proverb ]

One dog can drive a flock of sheep. [ Proverb ]

A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy. [ Proverb ]

Death devours lambs as well as sheep. [ Proverb ]

Whoe'er has gone thro' London street,
Has seen a butcher gazing at his meat,
And how he keeps
Gloating upon a sheep's
Or bullock's personals, as if his own;
How he admires his halves
And quarters - and his calves,
As if in truth upon his own legs grown. [ Hood ]

You owed me a sheep but paid me a lamb. [ Proverb ]

As good be hanged for a sheep as a lamb. [ Proverb ]

Who knows who may keep sheep another day? [ Proverb ]

Better give the wool than the whole sheep. [ Proverb ]

Where every one fleeces the sheep go naked. [ Proverb ]

The crow bewails the sheep and then eats it. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

It is possible for a sheep to kill a butcher. [ Proverb ]

Stay till you have sheep before you shear them. [ Proverb ]

Crows bewail the dead sheep, and then eat them. [ Proverb ]

The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

A good man is no more to be feared than a sheep. [ Proverb ]

Every time the sheep bleats it loses a mouthful. [ Proverb ]

The wolf is not scared by the number of the sheep. [ Proverb ]

The wolf eats off the sheep that have been warned. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

One scabby sheep is enough to infect a whole flock. [ Proverb ]

To seek in a sheep five feet when there are but four. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

The dust, raised by the sheep, does not choke the wolf. [ Proverb ]

He that makes himself a sheep shall be eat by the wolf. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Love is as mad as Ajax, it kills sheep, so it kills me. [ Proverb ]

It is a madness for a sheep to send a challenge to a wolf. [ Proverb ]

It is a madness for a sheep to treat of peace with a wolf. [ Proverb ]

That is a woeful silly sheep that goes to the wolf to confess. [ Proverb ]

While you trust to the dog the wolf slips into the sheep fold. [ Proverb ]

Rich men without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces. [ Solon ]

Eagles we see fly alone; and they are but sheep which always herd together. [ Sir P. Sidney ]

The feeble howl with the wolves, bray with the asses, and bleat with the sheep. [ Mme. Roland ]

It is a sheep of Beery, it is marked on the nose (applied to those that have a blow). [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

To a close shorn sheep God gives wind by measure. (This is probably the origin of God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.) [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Hunting after happiness is like hunting after a lost sheep in the wilderness - when you find it, the chances are that it is a skeleton. [ H. W. Shaw ]

When we read that the lost sheep is preferred to the rest of the flock, we are tempted to think that penitence is preferable to innocence.

That is, in a great degree, true of all men, which was said of the Athenians, that they were like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one. [ Whately ]

Consider what importance to society the chastity of women is. Upon that all the property in the world depends. We hang a thief for stealing a sheep; but the unchastity of a woman transfers sheep and farm and all from the right owner. [ Dr. Johnson ]

sheep in Scrabble®

The word sheep is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters sheep:

SHEEP
(42)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word sheep

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The 122 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In sheep

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sheep in Words With Friends™

The word sheep is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters sheep:

SHEEP
(54)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word sheep

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The 138 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In sheep

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Words within the letters of sheep

2 letter words in sheep (3 words)

3 letter words in sheep (3 words)

4 letter words in sheep (1 word)

5 letter words in sheep (1 word)

sheep + 1 blank (7 words)

Word Growth involving sheep

Shorter words in sheep

he she

Longer words containing sheep

sheepdog sheepdogs

sheepfold sheepfolds

sheephead

sheepherder sheepherders

sheephook sheephooks

sheephouse sheephouses

sheepish sheepishly

sheepish sheepishness

sheepkeeper sheepkeepers

sheepkeeping

sheeplike

sheeppox

sheeps sheepshank sheepshanks

sheeps sheepshearer sheepshearers

sheeps sheepshearing sheepshearings

sheeps sheepskin sheepskins

sheepwalk sheepwalker sheepwalkers

sheepwalk sheepwalks