Ewe
[juː] or [ju]
Definition
(noun.) female sheep.
(noun.) a Kwa language spoken by the Ewe in Ghana and Togo and Benin.
(noun.) a member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana.
Edited by Hamilton--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The female of the sheep, and of sheeplike animals.
Inputed by Jane
Definition
n. a female sheep.—ns. Ewe′-cheese cheese made from the milk of ewes; Ewe′-lamb a female lamb: a poor man's one possession—used in reference to 2 Sam. xii.; Ewe′-neck of horses a thin hollow neck.—adj. Ewe′-necked.
Edited by Lancelot
Examples
- To be in Thomasin's heath, and near her, yet unseen, was the one ewe-lamb of pleasure left to him. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I've no doubt all the girls in the island are in love with you, so leave Gurt's ewe lamb alone. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I took with me six cows and two bulls alive, with as many ewes and rams, intending to carry them into my own country, and propagate the breed. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
Edited by Jacqueline