Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A female sheep, especially when full grown.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A female sheep; the female of an ovine animal.
- n. Water.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) The female of the sheep, and of sheeplike animals.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana
- n. a Kwa language spoken by the Ewe in Ghana and Togo and Benin
- n. female sheep
Etymologies
- Middle English, from Old English ēowu, from Proto-Germanic *awjōs, oblique form of *awiz (compare Old English eow ‘sheep’), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis ‘sheep’ (compare Old Irish oí, Latin ovis, Tocharian B ā(u)w, Lithuanian avìs ‘ewe’). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Old English ēwe, ēowu; see owi- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“ur weekend sounz likka funtime…..ewe said trubyoot bands–enny of teh real members taht ewe no of? eye juss finnish teh new book bout teh eagles by don felder, so imma awl inta teh sebentees moosic nao….”
look at me i’m symetrik.. symettri… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“If a ewe is having one lamb, she can be left on her own in the fields.”
“I learned in the talk by Dr. Cathy Dwyer of Scottish Agricultural College titled “Variation in maternal behavior affects offspring behavior and development in sheep”, that these breed-typical behaviors are based on subtle behavior cues coming from both the mother sheep, called a ewe, and the baby sheep, called a lamb.”
“Then I drew a sheep to get me started on the next phrase, “Ewe picture of a ewe are the branches.””
“Small in stature, inclined even to those homely features known as ewe nick and cat ham, often higher behind than in front, and with great length of stifle, he is not, I admit, imposing to look upon.”
“The term for females is usually derived from the base form by means of a suffix, usually - ewe, that is transparently related to ewa”
“I looked up "ewe" in my Larousse and it is the same as yours.”
“For example, I recently used it to look up the word for "ewe" (female sheep).”
“Dumbass is semi-good looking and entertaining but every time I tell anyone that we dated on and off for two years they say, "ewe".”
“My favorite horse, Panchito, had lost all his good looks; his once full and arched neck was now a perfect "ewe," and his ribs and hipbones were almost protruding through the skin; but he was as game as ever, and had never once flinched in his work.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ewe’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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set phasers to...
you name the setting
I've tuned mine to be gentler and kinder
following suit is not mandatory but would be appreciatedcoddle, confuse, flummox, tap, furrow, instigate, invigorate, punnify, logical, must... act... be..., bowdlerise, laughing gas and 435 more...
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Palindromes
tenet, �?ΙΨΟ�? Α�?ΟΜΗΜΑΤ..., rotator, kayak, tattarrattat, detartrated, racecar, level, step on no pets, fall leaves after..., level, madam, level!, reviver and 108 more...
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emordnilap
reviled, loot, no, ta, rat, part, pit, stop, spat, ten, mad, mart and 108 more...
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RELI - Genesis
Protagonists and relevant words in the Book of Creation (Source: King James Bible)
Laban, circumcise, beget, Esau, Rebekah, speckle, Sodom, Pharaoh, Canaanite, Canaan, Jacob, Lot and 1286 more...
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sheep and goats
sheep and more sheep and some
slang for sheep,films that feature sheep ,have you heard of sheeple?
and goatsammon, ancon, argali, bharal, burrel, burrell, burhel, burrhel, bighorn, billy, blackface, broadtail and 144 more...
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Open List: Sheepishness
Everything sheep, from Artiodactyla to zodiac.
lanolin, ram, ewe, Artiodactyla, even-toed ungulate, ruminant, Ovis aries, ovine, domestic, domesticated, neotenic, mouflon and 426 more...
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LIT - Odyssey - key words and phrases
Key words of the Odyssey by Homer in English including all those famous repeating epitethons like
"bright-eyed Athene"
"wine-dark sea"
"rosy-fingered dawn"
"long suf...Odysseus, sea, Athene, goddess, land, Achaean, wind, wave, Ithaca, lead, Poseidon, mortal and 732 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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WF - palindromes
alula, anna, bib, bob, civic, dad, deed, dud, DVD, eve, ewe, eye and 91 more...
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3 Letter Words
A list of English words that are three letters long.
ace, act, ade, ado, add, ads, age, ago, ail, air, aim, all and 397 more...
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Off label definitions
Commonly used words with multiple meanings, the others being obscure or rarely used. Good to know for that dang analogy exam.
marquise, navette, indorse, crew, defile, poop, straiten, heckle, frit, notate, oblate, hotspur and 16 more...
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•Unexpected Pronunciation, Now! with ...
Inspired to publicity by the conversation at segway. Thanks, pals!
boatswain, clapboard, waistcoat, victuals, forecastle, solder, colonel, ensign, worcestershire sauce, creatinine, coelacanth, banal and 79 more...
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Capitonyms, capitonyms
Words that change meaning when capitalized
worms, welsh, turkey, time, tangier, tang, slough, seat, scotch, scone, said, russian and 70 more...
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The Aubrey/Maturin List I'm Gonna Mak...
I'm wading through Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels one by one, and someday, I'll wade through them again and list all the words I learned while reading them.
Edit: I started ma...studdingsail, carronade, mumchance, grumlin-futtocks, crosscat-harpings, holystone, sennit, orlop, orchitis, negus, kevel, altumal and 1112 more...
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harmony of the spheres
tonic, supertonic, mediant, subdominant, dominant, submediant, subtonic, leading tone, progression, sonata, concerto, allegro and 247 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for ewe.
vanishedone Acording to dictionary.com the pronunciation of the name of the people is 'ey-vey, ey-wey', sadly precluding 'Honestly, Ewe people' jokes. Mar 18, 2008
chained_bear usage note on Zandi. I had no idea this was the name of a group of people or a language. Thanks, WeirdNet. Mar 17, 2008