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How to pronounce “sheep”
Hear “sheep” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for sheep
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of sheep with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Aaron Koblin: Artfully visualizing our humanity 18 minutes
I asked people to draw a sheep facing to the left.
- Definition summary
- (countable) A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce sheep
Aaron Koblin: Artfully visualizing our humanity 18 minutes

I asked people to draw a sheep facing to the left.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “sheep”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (countable) A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis.
- (countable, strictly) A member of the domestic species Ovis aries, the most well-known species of Ovis.
- (countable) A timid, shy person who is easily led by others.
- (countable, chiefly Christianity, chiefly plural) A religious adherent, a member of a congregation or religious community (compare flock).
- (uncountable) Sheepskin leather.
- (countable, speech recognition) A person who is easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with goat.
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