tup

/tʌp/
noun
  1. A male sheep; a ram.
    • During the fair, the prize tup won first place for its wool.
    • A large tup stood at the top of the hill, watching the flock.
    • The farmer bought a new tup to breed with his ewes.
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verb
  1. (of a ram) to mate with a ewe.
    • The farmer planned when to tup the ewes for spring lambs.
    • The ram began to tup the ewe in the pasture.
    • They separated the rams to control which ewes they would tup.
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