sheep

Definition

  • noun: an animal with a thick woolly coat that is often raised for meat or for its wool and skin
  • noun: any of various hollow-horned typically gregarious ruminant mammals (genus 'Ovis') related to the goats but stockier and lacking a beard in the male
  • synonyms: mutton, fleece, bleater

Examples

  • The magazine describes many different products and then 'separates the sheep from the goats'.

  • They followed every new fad like (a flock of) 'sheep'.

  • He turned out to be 'a wolf in sheep's clothing'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) in Isabella County. This is us, here. Spur station here at Little Boston. The Sunday ranch is what you're looking for. There's a sheep trail that takes you there. It's a mile out of town headed west, not far. Just through a small pass here near the base of the hills. You'll pass a church and just follow the sheep trail. -Where's Standard buying up? -Here and here. -Your family name is Sunday, yes? -That's right. How many's in your family? (..)
    2007 There Will Be Blood