sheepdog.html - n.
1 a dog trained to guard and herd sheep.
2 a a dog of various breeds suitable for this. b any of these breeds.

sheepdog.html - See: WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING.

sheepdog.html - {n.} Diploma. * /Dr. Miller has half a dozen different sheepskins hanging on the wall of his office./

sheepdog.html - n.
(pl. same)
1 any ruminant mammal of the genus Ovis with a thick woolly coat, esp. kept in flocks for its wool or meat, and noted for its timidity.
2 a bashful, timid, or silly person.
3 (usu. in pl.) a a member of a minister's congregation. b a parishioner.

separate the sheep from the goats divide into superior and inferior groups (cf. Matt. 25:33). sheep-dip 1 a preparation for cleansing sheep of vermin or preserving their wool.
2 the place where sheep are dipped in this. sheep-run an extensive sheepwalk, esp. in Australia. sheep's-bit a plant, Jasione montana, resembling a scabious.

sheeplike adj. [OE scep, scóp, sceap]

sheepdog.html - n.
1 a dog trained to guard and herd sheep.
2 a a dog of various breeds suitable for this. b any of these breeds.

sheepdog.html - n.
an enclosure for penning sheep.