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sheep / shēp/ • n. (pl. same) 1. a domesticated ruminant (Ovis aries) of the cattle family with a thick woolly coat and (typically only in the male) curving horns. It is kept in flocks for its wool or meat, and is proverbial for its tendency to follow others in the flock. ∎  a wild mammal related to this, such as the argali and bighorn. 2. a person too easily influenced or led. PHRASES: count sheep count imaginary sheep jumping over a fence one by one in an attempt to send oneself to sleep.

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