Sheep - English Vocabulary for Kids

sheep

/ʃiːp/

noun

A farm animal with fluffy wool

“The sheep grazed in the field.”

כבשה

Sheep is a noun in the animals category. It is a beginner (ages 6-8) word, meaning "A farm animal with fluffy wool" In Hebrew, sheep translates to כבשה.

Example Sentences

The fluffy sheep grazed quietly on the hillside as the shepherd watched over them.
A lamb ran to its mother and nuzzled against her thick woolly fleece.
The farmer sheared the sheep's wool in spring so it would not get too hot in summer.

Did You Know? Sheep have excellent memories and can remember up to 50 other sheep faces for years! They also remember human faces. Sheep were among the first animals ever domesticated by humans, over 10,000 years ago. A sheep's wool never stops growing — the world record for a sheep that wasn't shorn for years resulted in a fleece weighing more than 40 kilograms!