ewe

n.
A female sheep, especially when full grown.

[Middle English, from Old English ēwe, ēowu.]

A female sheep of breeding age. May be qualified as maiden ewes, not yet bred, or ewe lambs, up to one year.

• dry e. — 1. a ewe without milk whatever the reason.
— 2. female sheep of breeding age without a lamb at foot.

IN BRIEF: A female sheep.

Their ewe had twin lambs every year.

Tutor's tip: The "ewe" (a female sheep) said "whew" (sound of dismay or relief) when she saw the "hue" (a color or tint) of the farmer's face as he started to "hew" (to chop/shape) the wood of a large "yew" (an evergreen tree). What would "you" have said?

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: female sheep

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - får, moderfår

n. - Eva
adj. - relateret til Ewe-gruppen eller sproget

Nederlands (Dutch)
ooi, volk uit Ghana en Togo

Français (French)
n. - brebis, agnelle (littér), (fig) trésor

n. - membre (d'une peuplade du Togo, du Ghana et du Bénin)
adj. - relatif à cette peuplade/leur langue et leur civilisation

Deutsch (German)
n. - Mutterschaf

n. - Ewe, Kwa (Sprache)
adj. - Ewe-

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - προβατίνα

Italiano (Italian)
pecora

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ovelha (f) (Zool.)

Русский (Russian)
овца

Español (Spanish)
n. - oveja

n. - miembro de un pueblo de Tongo y Ghana, en Africa occidental, lenguaje Kwa de este pueblo
adj. - relativo a este pueblo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tacka, fårhona

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
埃维人, 埃维语, 埃维人的, 埃维语的

母羊

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 埃維人, 埃維語
adj. - 埃維人的, 埃維語的

n. - 母羊

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 암양

n. - (가나 등에 있는) 서아프리카인
adj. - (가나 등에 있는) 서아프리카인들의 언어

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - エウェ族, エウェ語

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نعجه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כבשה‬
n. - ‮בן עמי טוגו וגאנה (אפריקה המערבית), שפת קווא המדוברת בפי עמים אלה‬
adj. - ‮של עמי טובו וגאנה‬

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