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“Ewes” or “Use” or “Yews”

ewes / use / yews are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

ewes y·UW·z

  • nouna member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana.
  • nouna Kwa language spoken by the Ewe in Ghana and Togo and Benin.
  • nounfemale sheep.

use y·UW·s

  • nounthe act of using.
  • nouna particular service.
  • noun(law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property.
  • verbput into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose.
  • verbtake or consume (regularly or habitually).
  • verbuse up, consume fully.
  • verbseek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage.
  • verbhabitually do something (use only in the past tense).

yews

  • nounwood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows.
  • nounany of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves.
Usage

Examples in context

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“ewes”

  • …% of rams, 4% of ewes) and though at the time…
  • …it with the onset of ewes' lactation, prior to birthing the…
  • | class="fn org" | Ewes Water
  • …medium sheep - Very few ewes are horned, and rams can…
  • …groups such as Gas, Akans, Ewes, Walas/Dagartis, Mostries, Basares and other…
  • …are mostly horned and some ewes are horned as well.

“use”

  • …granules retrieved from sediments are used to reconstruct the habitats associated…
  • …1950s also saw the first use of airborne newsgathering; most notably,…
  • …U.S. television stations tend to use varying umbrella titles for their…
  • …culture and art, ceasing the use of illustrations on its covers…
  • …organised vehicle crime and the use of vehicles in crime.
  • The station was open for use by the general public by
  • XSan clients use TCP ports 49152–65535, with TCP/63146…
  • …Wilkinson "Dichlorotetrakis(dimethyl sulfoxide)ruthenium(II) and its use as a source material for…
  • …on the shaft not in use, and then completes the downshift.
  • …and Dominick & Dominick LLC use Pershing LLC as their clearing

“yews”

  • …by the then headmaster, D.W. McLeod.
  • …plantation of many trees of yews, sycamores and ashes; some are…

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