sheep
1. woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat (Freq. 14)
• Hypernyms:
bovid
• Hyponyms:
ewe, ram, tup, wether, black sheep,
domestic sheep, Ovis aries
• Member Holonyms:
Ovis, genus Ovis, herd, flock, fold
• Part Meronyms:
trotter, withers
2. a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
simpleton, simple
3. a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision
- his students followed him like sheep
• Hypernyms:
follower
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