a-sheep

Definition of a-sheep in English English dictionary
Barbary sheep: A wild North African caprid (not a true sheep), Ammotragus lervia
bighorn sheep: A North American endangered species of wild sheep, Ovis canadensis
bighorn-sheep: Attributive form of bighorn sheep, noun
black sheep: a nonconformist; an unusual or unconventional person
black sheep: a disliked person; one who is disfavored
He always was the black sheep in the family, as an artist among doctors and lawyers.
count sheep: To attempt to go to sleep by thinking of something boring, traditionally by counting imaginary sheep
domestic sheep: Ovis aries, domesticated sheep kept as livestock
lost sheep: A disadvantaged or marginalized person who can be "brought back into the fold" with a little effort
sheep: A timid, shy person who is easily led by others
sheep: A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis. Male: ram (intact), wether (castrated). Female: ewe. Young: lamb. Carnal: lamb (youth), mutton (adult)
sheep: plural form of shoop
sheep louse: Parasitic insect on sheep
sheep polyphore: An edible mushroom (Albatrellus ovinius)
sheep's eye: A secretive, pining look, or humble doting glance
sheep's eyes: plural form of sheep's eye
sheep-dip: The practice within the intelligence community of assigning to agents non-intelligence or military jobs in order to disguise their source agency
sheep-run: Bigger area for pasturing of sheep
snow sheep: Ovis nivicola, a species of sheep, which comes from the mountainous areas in the northeast of Siberia
thinhorn sheep: Ovis dalli, a species of sheep native to northwestern North America, ranging from white to slate brown in color and having curved yellowish brown horns
white sheep: a disliked person; one who is disfavored
I was the white sheep of the family, the straight man.
white sheep: a conformist; an unusual or conventional person
wolf in sheep's clothing: Something harmful or problematic disguised as something peaceful or pleasant
sheep: {n} a genus of useful animals, a dolt
sheep shear: The time or occasion of the festival (now rarely held) celebrating this
sheep shear: The action or practice of shearing sheep
sheep shear: Shear a sheep
sheep shear: Cheating, swindling
sheep shear: Cheat or swindle (a person)
sheep shears: Shears for sheep-shearing
sheep-shearer: A person who or machine which shears sheep
sheep-shearer: A cheater, a swindler
A sheep: ovine
A sheep: mutton
A sheep: jumbuck
Baa,Black Sheep Baa: a nursery rhyme (=old song or poem for young children) The rhyme goes: Baa, Baa, Black Sheep,/ Have you any wool?/Yes, sir, yes, sir/ Three bags full./ One for the master,/ One for the dame,/ and one for the little boy/ who lives down the lane
Belgian sheep dog: type of dog used for herding sheep
Dall sheep: A stocky wild sheep (Ovis dalli) of the mountainous regions of northwest North America, ranging from white to nearly black and having curved yellowish horns
Dolly the sheep: a sheep who was cloned by British scientists in 1997. They took a cell from her body and then developed it artificially so that it became a new sheep that was an exact copy of her
The Sixteenth Sheep: name of a popular musical recording of songs and poems for children
bighorn sheep: a wild sheep with long curved horns that lives in the mountains of western North America
black sheep: a reckless and unprincipled reprobate
black sheep: person regarded as not respectable by his family or group
black sheep: disapproval If you describe someone as the black sheep of their family or of a group that they are a member of, you mean that they are considered bad or worthless by other people in that family or group. someone who is regarded by other members of their family or group as a failure or embarrassment
black sheep: sheep with a black coat
blue sheep: {i} bharal, wild sheep with a blue-gray coat and horns that curve backwards (native to the Himalayas and western China)
counted sheep: did an activity to help him fall asleep
dall sheep: large white wild sheep of northwestern Canada and Alaska
domestic sheep: any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin
flock of sheep: herd of sheep, group of sheep that live and graze together
follow like sheep: follow after (someone or something) in an unquestioning manner
make sheep's eyes at: look at someone in a very loving manner, make "goo-goo" eyes at someone
marco polo sheep: Asiatic wild sheep with exceptionally large horns; sometimes considered a variety of the argali (or Ovis ammon)
merino sheep: type of sheep that grows a great amount of high-quality wool
mountain sheep: any wild sheep inhabiting mountainous regions
separate the sheep from the goats: differentiate between good and bad
shear a sheep: remove wool from a sheep
sheep: A weak, bashful, silly fellow
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 woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis. Male: ram (intact), wether (castrated). Female: ewe. Young: lamb. Carnal: lamb, mutton
sheep: Name given to a subject in a psi test who believes in psi; see also Goat, Sheep-Goat Effect
sheep: woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
sheep: People who take awards and polls seriously, rather than be insulted by them How else can one describe someone who only likes something if it is popular?
sheep: a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision; "his students followed him like sheep"
sheep: the tanned skin of a sheep used for binding, a soft almost grainless leather which can be coloured but which is not a hard wearing material
sheep: Originally valued for their meat, sheep were domesticated around 9000 BC in the Middle East, and originated with the moufflon in the Near East, the urial in Neolithic Europe, and the argali in Central Asia Soay sheep are similar to early breeds Im 1745, the agriculturalist Robert Bakewell produced the Leicester breed which had twice the amount of meat as earlier breeds See Sheep farming
sheep: Fig
sheep: woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision; "his students followed him like sheep"
sheep: disapproval If you say that a group of people are like sheep, you disapprove of them because if one person does something, all the others copy that person. see also black sheep. Ruminants (bovid genus Ovis) that have scent glands in the face and hind feet. Horns, if present, are more divergent than those of goats. Species range from 80 to 400 lb (35 to 180 kg). The coat of wild species consists of outer hair underlain by wool. Sheep graze in flocks, preferably on short, fine grasses and legumes. They have been domesticated from at least 5000 BC in the Middle East, Europe, and Central Asia. Most domesticated breeds produce fine wool; the few that produce only hair or coarse or long wool are generally raised for meat. The flesh of mature sheep is called mutton; that of immature sheep is called lamb. mountain sheep Black Sheep sheep laurel
sheep: {i} variety of cud-chewing animal related to the goat (raised for wool, meat or skin); skin of a sheep; docile and submissive person
sheep: A sheep is a farm animal which is covered with thick curly hair called wool. Sheep are kept for their wool or for their meat. grassland on which a flock of sheep were grazing
sheep: are of different varieties Probably the flocks of Abraham and Isaac were of the wild species found still in the mountain regions of Persia and Kurdistan After the Exodus, and as a result of intercourse with surrounding nations, other species were no doubt introduced into the herds of the people of Israel They are frequently mentioned in Scripture The care of a shepherd over his flock is referred to as illustrating God's care over his people (Ps 23: 1, 2; 74: 1; 77: 20; Isa 40: 11; 53: 6; John 10: 1-5, 7-16)
sheep: a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon
sheep: The people of God, as being under the government and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd
sheep bell: a bell hung round the neck of a sheep so that the sheep can be easily located
sheep botfly: larvae are parasitic on sheep
sheep dip: a liquid mixture containing pesticides in which sheep are dipped to kill parasites
sheep dog: type of dog that helps guard sheep
sheep fescue: cultivated for sheep pasturage in upland regions or used as a lawn grass
sheep frog: mostly of Central America
sheep ked: wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle
sheep laurel: North American dwarf shrub resembling mountain laurel but having narrower leaves and small red flowers; poisonous to young stock
sheep laurel: An eastern North American evergreen shrub (Kalmia angustifolia) having flowers with rose-pink or crimson bell-shaped corollas, and poisonous leaves. Also called lambkill. or lambkill Open upright woody shrub (Kalmia angustifolia) of the heath family. Growing 1-4 ft (0.3-1.2 m) high, it has glossy, leathery, evergreen leaves and showy pink to rose flowers. Like other Kalmia species (including mountain laurel) and other members of the heath family, it contains a poison (andromedotoxin). In northwestern North America, where these plants occur, livestock (especially sheep) that graze on nonfertile soils of abandoned pastures and meadows may ingest enough of the plant to become poisoned, potentially fatally
sheep plant: perennial prostrate mat-forming herb with hoary woolly foliage
sheep sorrel: small plant having pleasantly acid-tasting arrow-shaped leaves; common in dry places
sheep tick: A wingless louselike fly (Melophagus ovinus) that is parasitic to sheep, causing skin irritations that result in loss of wool. Also called sheep ked
sheep without a shepherd: someone without a leader
sheep's eyes: Shyly amorous glances
sheep-dip: a chemical used to kill insects that live in sheep's wool, or a special bath in which this chemical is used
sheep-milk cheese: cheese that is made from the milk of sheep or goats, Bulgarian cheese, salty cheese
sheep-pen: a small area of ground with a fence around it, used for keeping sheep together for a short time
sheep-shearing festival: celebration of trimming the wool from sheep
sheep-tick: parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit looping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system); a vector for Lyme disease spirochete
vegetable sheep: cushion-forming New Zealand herb having leaves densely covered with tawny hairs
wild sheep: undomesticated sheep
wolf in sheep's clothing: {i} hypocrite, someone who pretends to be something that they are not