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she

5 7.9

A female animal usually kept on a farm for breeding

noun
/ʃi/

Informal

: hembra

The farmer pointed out the young she that was grazing in the field.

Examples

In our class, we discussed the she that won the blue ribbon at the livestock fair.
As the sun set, the she quietly nested among her piglets.
So there last spring there was a, a sow and she had some Cubs and she was coming in.

Synonyms

female

vsshe

185 1.0

An animal that can have babies or lay eggs

is used informally on farms to mean a breeding animal specimen

Idioms

that's all she wrote

Informal

1 9.2

The end when nothing more can be said or done

that's what she said

NSFW

1 9.9

A joke phrase people say after someone says something that can sound sexual

to look as if she had been dragged through a hedge backwards

9.9

Seem very untidy and messy

Compounds

she-devil

Offensive

6 8.8

A cruel woman who treats people very badly

she-goat

1 2.8

A female goat

steady-as-she-goes

Informal

1 7.7

Careful action that avoids sudden changes or risks

total she-ape

Slur

9.9

A woman who acts in a very foolish and clumsy way

she-oak

Australian

9.9

A tree from Australia with thin jointed branches and needle-like leaves

She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named

Informal

9.1

A joking name for a woman whose real name people avoid saying

Surface Forms

she singular

shes plural

Etymology

She can also be used as a noun to mean 'a female animal', as in a farmer saying 'one he and one she'. This comes from using the pronoun she as a name for the animal, so she here simply means a 'female' animal.