English dictionary

sheep

/S//i/p/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat

noun.animal

Source: WordNet 3.0
a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon

noun.person

Source: WordNet 3.0
a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision

noun.person

Examples
His students followed him like sheep.

Source: WordNet 3.0
Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus <i>Ovis</i>, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia.

noun

Source: webster1913