sheep
US /ʃip/
Definition
woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The farmer keeps about fifty sheep on the hills behind his house.
Collocations
- Easy flock of woolly sheepto flock of woolly sheep, meaning to move as a crowd or in a group
- Medium shear sheep for textile wool productionto shear sheep for textile wool production, meaning to cut with shears
- Hard graze sheep on ecologically sensitive pasturesto graze sheep on ecologically sensitive pastures, meaning to feed as in a meadow or pasture
- Very Hard separate the sheep from the goats objectivelyto separate the sheep from the goats objectively, meaning to act as a barrier between; stand between
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