ewe
a female sheep, especially when fully mature.
Origin of ewe
1Words that may be confused with ewe
Other definitions for Ewe (2 of 2)
a member of a people of Togo and Ghana, in western Africa.
the Kwa language spoken by the Ewe people.
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How to use ewe in a sentence
He used only the choicest rams, a little under size, while the ewes were of full medium weight.
Domestic Animals | Richard L. AllenIn hot countries the rams have only two very short horns, and often are deficient of them as well as the ewes.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VIII (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonIf full-grown rams are turned into a lean pasture to remain with the ewes, not less than four should be put in for every hundred.
Domestic Animals | Richard L. AllenThe ewes are more likely to come quickly into heat, and prove prolific, if lightly fed with stimulating food at the time.
Domestic Animals | Richard L. AllenBut a larger number of lambs will be reared by a careful oversight of the ewes, and the use of proper precautions.
Domestic Animals | Richard L. Allen
British Dictionary definitions for ewe (1 of 2)
/ (juː) /
a female sheep
(as modifier): a ewe lamb
Origin of ewe
1British Dictionary definitions for Ewe (2 of 2)
/ (ˈɛwɛ) /
plural Ewe or Ewes a member of a Negroid people of W Africa living chiefly in the forests of E Ghana, Togo, and Benin
the language of this people, belonging to the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo family
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