Sheep vs. Sheepish

Sheepnoun

(countable) A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis.

Sheepnoun

(countable) A timid, shy person who is easily led by others.

Sheepnoun

(uncountable) Sheepskin leather.

Sheepnoun

A person who is easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with goat.

Sheep

Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia.

Sheep

A weak, bashful, silly fellow.

Sheep

Fig.: The people of God, as being under the government and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd.

Sheepnoun

woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat

Sheepnoun

a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon

Sheepnoun

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

Sheep

Sheep (Ovis aries) are quadrupedal, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock. Like all ruminants, sheep are members of the order Artiodactyla, the even-toed ungulates.

Sheepishadjective

Having the characteristics of a sheep.

Sheepishadjective

Shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed.

Sheepishadjective

Of or pertaining to sheep.

Sheepishadjective

Like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly diffident; timorous to excess.

Sheepishadjective

like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity

Sheepishadjective

showing a sense of shame