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ewe

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Other forms: ewes

At last, a word that means only one thing. A ewe is a female sheep. That is what a ewe is.

Most people have precious few opportunities to use the word ewe. For most of us, it's most valuable as a three-letter word for crossword puzzles. For example: 1-down: a three-letter word meaning female sheep. Answer? Ewe! Also, if you're an avid Scrabble player, ewe is a good word to keep up your sleeve. That "W" can rake in some serious points if you put it on a triple-word space. Finally, punster's will enjoy using ewe in a sentence like “you and I will go see the ewe and him” — which has the two of us going to see some guy and his female sheep.

Definitions of ewe
  1. noun
    female sheep
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    type of:
    sheep
    woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
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