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ewes

/juːz/

Meanings
noun
A female sheep, as opposed to a ram.

Examples :

"The farmer separated the ewes from the rams before shearing them. "
animal agriculture

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separated verb

/ˈsɛpəɹeɪtɪd/

To divide (a thing) into separate parts.

"Separate the articles from the headings."

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from preposition

/fɹɒm/ /fɹʌm/

Used to indicate source or provenance.

"I got a letter from my brother."

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female noun

/ˈfiː.meɪl/

One of the female (feminine) sex or gender.

"My sister is a female student in her senior year of high school. "

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opposed verb

/əˈpəʊzd/ /əˈpoʊzd/

To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against.

"There is still time to oppose this plan."

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ram noun

/ɹæm/

A male sheep, typically uncastrated

"The farmer showed us a healthy ram, proud and strong. "

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

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shearing verb

/ˈʃɪərɪŋ/ /ˈʃɪrɪŋ/

To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.

"The farmer is shearing the sheep's wool. "

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them pronoun

/ðʌm/

(plural) Those ones.

"The children asked their teacher for help with those math problems; she explained them. "

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rams noun

/ræmz/

A male sheep, typically uncastrated

"The farmer kept several rams to breed with his ewes. "

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farmer noun

/fɑːmə/ /fɑɹmɚ/

A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock, especially on a farm.

"The farmer planted corn in his fields every spring. "

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sheep noun

/ʃiːp/ /ʃip/

A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis.

"The farmer brought the sheep to the pasture for grazing. "

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before adverb

/bɪˈfɔː/ /biˈfɔɹ/

At an earlier time.

"Before dinner, I finished my homework. "