count sheep
count sheep verb: to attempt to go to sleep by thinking of something boring, traditionally by counting imaginary sheep.
Verb
count sheep (third-person singular simple present counts sheep, present participle counting sheep, simple past and past participle counted sheep)
count sheep meaning in Bengali
count sheep in Bengali
- ঐতিহ্যগতভাবে কাল্পনিক ভেড়া গুনে
Forms of count sheep
| third-person singular present | counts sheep |
|---|---|
| present participle | counting sheep |
| past participle | counted sheep |
| past | counted sheep |
Origin of count sheep
See count and sheep. Stories of counting sheep to sleep extend back to at least as early as 12th-century Spain and 13th-century Italy from prior Arab stories.
Questions about count sheep
- What does count sheep mean?
- Count sheep means to attempt to go to sleep by thinking of something boring, traditionally by counting imaginary sheep.
- What is count sheep in Bengali?
- Count sheep in Bengali is ঐতিহ্যগতভাবে কাল্পনিক ভেড়া গুনে. See Count sheep meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is count sheep?
- Count sheep is a verb.
- What is the past tense of count sheep?
- The past tense of count sheep is counted sheep.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: count sheep (page history and authors); count sheep (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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