Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A female sheep, especially when full grown.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Water.
- noun A female sheep; the female of an ovine animal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The female of the sheep, and of sheeplike animals.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
female sheep , as opposed to aram .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana
- noun a Kwa language spoken by the Ewe in Ghana and Togo and Benin
- noun female sheep
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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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? 2008
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If a ewe is having one lamb, she can be left on her own in the fields.
Masters of the Hunt P. J. O'Rourke 2005
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If a ewe is having one lamb, she can be left on her own in the fields.
Masters of the Hunt P. J. O'Rourke 2005
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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.
Archive 2009-08-01 DNLee 2009
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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.
Ethology Conference - The Development of Behavior DNLee 2009
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Then I drew a sheep to get me started on the next phrase, “Ewe picture of a ewe are the branches.”
The Busy Mom’s Guide to Bible Study Lisa Whelchel 2007
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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 end of an era, 1899
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The term for females is usually derived from the base form by means of a suffix, usually - ewe, that is transparently related to ewa
Far Outliers 2008
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I looked up "ewe" in my Larousse and it is the same as yours.
Page 2 2009
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I looked up "ewe" in my Larousse and it is the same as yours.
Page 2 2009
chained_bear commented on the word ewe
usage note on Zandi. I had no idea this was the name of a group of people or a language. Thanks, WeirdNet.
March 18, 2008
vanishedone commented on the word ewe
Acording to dictionary.com the pronunciation of the name of the people is 'ey-vey, ey-wey', sadly precluding 'Honestly, Ewe people' jokes.
March 18, 2008