VOCABULARY OF THE DAY: SHEEP

sheep plural sheep [countable]

1 a farm animal that is kept for its wool and its meat:

Sheep were grazing on the hillside.

a sheep farmer

flock of sheep (=a group of sheep)

➔ lamb1

2

 like sheep

if people behave like sheep, they do not think independently, but follow what everyone else does or thinks:

Tourists were led around like sheep, from shrine to souvenir shop.

3

 separate the sheep from the goats

British English to find out which people are intelligent, skilful, successful etc, and which are not:

This test should really separate the sheep from the goats.

4

 make sheep's eyes at somebody

old-fashioned to look at someone in a way that shows you love them

➔ black sheep

 ; ➔ count sheep

 at count1 (12)

 ; ➔ a wolf in sheep's clothing

 at wolf1 (2)

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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