an animal kept by farmers for its wool or meat. The male sheep is called a ram and the female is a ewe. A young sheep is called a lamb. Meat from a young sheep is called lamb and from an older sheep is called mutton.
Synonyms and related words
Animals kept for their meat or milk
boar
broiler
cattle
2
informalsomeone who does the same as everyone else without thinking about it
Synonyms and related words
To copy someone or something
imitate
copy
mimic
3
might as well be hung/hanged for a sheep as a lamb
since you will be punished for a bad action, you might as well do something worse
I was supposed to be home by eleven but I was having a good time so I stayed till one. Might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb.
Submitted by: Emran Khoshrouye Ghiasi from Iran, Islamic Republic of on 15/12/2018
phrases
count sheep
separate the sheep from the goats
sheep
noun countable
US /ʃip/
Other entries for this word
sheep dipnoun
black sheepnoun
count sheepphrase
bighorn sheepnoun
a wolf in sheep’s clothingphrase
separate the sheep from the goatsphrase
Word Forms
singular
sheep
plural
sheep
DEFINITIONS3
1
an animal kept by farmers for its wool or meat. The male sheep is called a ram and the female is a ewe. A young sheep is called a lamb. Meat from a young sheep is called lamb and from an older sheep is called mutton.
Synonyms and related words
Animals kept for their meat or milk
boar
broiler
broiler chicken
2
informalsomeone who does the same as everyone else without thinking about it
Synonyms and related words
To copy someone or something
imitate
copy
mimic
3
might as well be hung/hanged for a sheep as a lamb
since you will be punished for a bad action, you might as well do something worse
I was supposed to be home by eleven but I was having a good time so I stayed till one. Might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb.
Submitted by: Emran Khoshrouye Ghiasi from Iran, Islamic Republic of on 15/12/2018