"shep" meaning in All languages combined

See shep on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: sheps [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛp Head templates: {{en-noun}} shep (plural sheps)
  1. Pronunciation spelling of ship. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: ship
    Sense id: en-shep-en-noun-N3-ksTRf Categories (other): English pronunciation spellings, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 6 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 2 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 2 6
  2. (Lancashire) starling
    Sense id: en-shep-en-noun-pRRsmmJt Categories (other): Lancashire English, Starlings Disambiguation of Starlings: 31 67 2
  3. (fandom slang, Internet slang, furry fandom) a German shepherd. Tags: Internet, slang
    Sense id: en-shep-en-noun-claGmiJ8 Categories (other): Furry fandom, Dogs Disambiguation of Dogs: 11 4 85 Topics: lifestyle

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sheps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "shep (plural sheps)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "ship"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English pronunciation spellings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 6 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 2 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 2 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1897, Joseph Hocking, The Birthright:",
          "text": "Git on board a shep there, an' go off to some furrin country and make a fortin.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pronunciation spelling of ship."
      ],
      "id": "en-shep-en-noun-N3-ksTRf",
      "links": [
        [
          "Pronunciation spelling",
          "pronunciation spelling"
        ],
        [
          "ship",
          "ship#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "pronunciation-spelling"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Lancashire English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 67 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Starlings",
          "orig": "en:Starlings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "starling"
      ],
      "id": "en-shep-en-noun-pRRsmmJt",
      "links": [
        [
          "starling",
          "starling"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Lancashire",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Lancashire) starling"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Furry fandom",
          "orig": "en:Furry fandom",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 4 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Dogs",
          "orig": "en:Dogs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a German shepherd."
      ],
      "id": "en-shep-en-noun-claGmiJ8",
      "links": [
        [
          "fandom",
          "fandom"
        ],
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "furry",
          "furry#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "fandom",
          "fandom"
        ],
        [
          "German shepherd",
          "German shepherd"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fandom slang, Internet slang, furry fandom) a German shepherd."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shep"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛp",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛp/1 syllable",
    "en:Dogs",
    "en:Starlings"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sheps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "shep (plural sheps)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "ship"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English pronunciation spellings",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1897, Joseph Hocking, The Birthright:",
          "text": "Git on board a shep there, an' go off to some furrin country and make a fortin.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pronunciation spelling of ship."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Pronunciation spelling",
          "pronunciation spelling"
        ],
        [
          "ship",
          "ship#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "pronunciation-spelling"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Lancashire English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "starling"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "starling",
          "starling"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Lancashire",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Lancashire) starling"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English fandom slang",
        "English internet slang",
        "en:Furry fandom"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a German shepherd."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fandom",
          "fandom"
        ],
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "furry",
          "furry#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "fandom",
          "fandom"
        ],
        [
          "German shepherd",
          "German shepherd"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fandom slang, Internet slang, furry fandom) a German shepherd."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shep"
}

Download raw JSONL data for shep meaning in All languages combined (1.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.