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sheep Listen to audio/ˈʃi:p/ noun
plural sheep
[count] 1 : an animal with a thick woolly coat that is often raised for meat or for its wool and skin
a flock of sheep
2 : a person who does what other people say to do
They followed every new fad like (a flock of) sheep.
a wolf in sheep's clothingsee 1wolf
separate the sheep from the goatssee 2separate
— see also black sheep
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