ewe
pronunciation
How to pronounce ewe in British English:
UK [ju:]
How to pronounce ewe in American English:
US [ju]
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- Noun:
- female sheep
Word Origin
- ewe (n.)
- Old English eowu "female sheep," fem. of eow "sheep," from Proto-Germanic *awi, genitive *awjoz (cognates: Old Saxon ewi, Old Frisian ei, Middle Dutch ooge, Dutch ooi, Old High German ouwi "sheep," Gothic aweþi "flock of sheep"), from PIE *owi- "sheep" (cognates: Sanskrit avih, Greek ois, Latin ovis, Lithuanian avis "sheep," Old Church Slavonic ovica "ewe," Old Irish oi "sheep," Welsh ewig "hind").
Antonym
Example
- 1. And the ewe catches the whole scene with her kind sight .
- 2. The resulting hybrid was grown into a tiny embryo known as a blastocyst , implanted into the womb of a surrogate mother , and went on to become dolly , the world 's most famous ewe .
- 3. And abimelech said unto abraham , what mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves ?
- 4. Regular checks showed when a ewe was left behind or when a new lamb was born .
- 5. After this selection all these ewes are put into one young ewe group .