From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Animalseweewe /juː/ noun [countable]HBAa femalesheep → ramExamples from the Corpusewe• And who can blame them if, after all, the right to keep 1,000 ewes is worth in excess of 40,000ドル.• Infective larvae which have developed from eggsdeposited by ewes in the spring are ingested by ewes and lambs in early summer.• The field was emptyexcept for a few ewes with young lambs.• So the simpleprecaution of avoiding housing cattle alongside lambing ewes could be well worthwhile this spring.• One group of ewes simply provides oocytes, which, when enucleated, become the receiving cytoplasts.• He's helping to drive in the ewes for a massantenatalclinic.OrigineweOld Englisheowu