ewe

«ewe» in Mova's school dictionary: A female sheep — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a ewe, ewes)

meaning for a pupil

A female sheep. tree →

sense in the lessons

On farms and in science lessons about animals, a ewe is the mother sheep, a ram is the male and a lamb is the baby; in maths problems farmers count ewes and their lambs. Phrases: «a ewe and her lamb», «ewes and rams».

examples

• The ewe fed her two lambs. tree →
• The farmer has 30 ewes and 2 rams. tree →
• Each ewe had twins, so 10 ewes had 20 lambs. tree →
• The ewes were sheared in summer. tree →
• A ewe can know her lamb by its bleat. tree →
• We watched the ewes in the field. tree →
• Ewe's milk and cheese, woollen jackets and stockings! tree →

note

Said «you» — homophone with «you» and «yew» (a tree). «A ewe» (not «an»), because it starts with a «you» sound. In maths, ewes + rams = total adult sheep; lambs are counted separately.

In the corpora

• And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves.
• And Abimelech said unto Abraham: 'What mean these seven ewe-lambs which thou hast set by themselves?'
• (32-15) two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
• And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and its young both in one day.
• From following the ewes that give suck He brought him, to be shepherd over Jacob His people, and Israel His inheritance.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ewe» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.