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ewes

/juːz/

ewes is the plural of ewe.

Meaning of ewe

Noun

ewe (plural ewes)

  1. A female sheep, as opposed to a ram.
    • This twentie yeeres haue I bene with thee: thy ewes and thy ſhee goates haue not caſt their yong, and the rammes of thy flocke haue I not eaten.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 31:38, column 2
    Synonyms:
    yowe, yeo, yoe, yow

See all 5 meanings of ewe

Noun (1) capitalized: EWEs

EWEs

  1. (plural) plural of EWE

Noun (2) capitalized: Ewes

Ewes

  1. (plural) plural of Ewe

Phrases with ewes

Words that rhyme with ewes

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Questions about ewes

What is ewes the plural of?
Ewes is the plural of ewe.
What part of speech is ewes?
Ewes is a noun.
How do you pronounce ewes?
Ewes is pronounced /juːz/.

Words near ewes in the dictionary

  1. ewers
  2. ewersful
  3. Ewert
  4. Ewerts
  5. ewery
  6. ewes
  7. Ewesley
  8. EWG
  9. ewghen
  10. Ewhurst
  11. EWI

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ewes (page history and authors); EWEs (page history and authors); Ewes (page history and authors); ewe (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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