dog

dog
n.

1) to breed; keep dogs

2) to walk a dog (on a leash)

3) to muzzle a dog

4) to curb one's dog

5) a mad, rabid; stray; vicious; wild dog

6) a bird (AE), gun (BE); Eskimo; guard (BE); guide, seeing-eye; hunting; pet; police; sheep; toy dog; watchdog; working dog

7) dogs bark; bite; growl; salivate; snap; snarl; whine; yelp

8) a pack of (wild) dogs

9) a young dog is a puppy

10) a female dog is a bitch

11) (misc.) a lucky dog ('a lucky person'); a running dog ('a lackey'); a dog's life ('a wretched existence'); to work like a dog ('to work very hard')

USAGE NOTE: In CE a police dog is one used by the police; in AE it can also mean a breed of dog called a German shepherd in AE and an Alsatian in BE.
* * *
[dɒg]
Eskimo
hunting
keep dogs
salivate
seeing-eye
toy dog
watchdog
wild dog
working dog
a running dog ('a lackey')
a dog's life ('a wretched existence')
guard (BE)
gun (BE)
to work like a dog (USAGE NOTE: In CE a police dog is one used by the police; in AE it can also mean a breed of dog called a German shepherd in AE and an Alsatian in BE.; 'to work very hard')
a female dog is a bitch
a mad
a pack of (wild) dogs
a young dog is a puppy
to breed
to curb one's dog
to muzzle a dog
dogs bark
(misc.) a lucky dog ('a lucky person')
a bird (AE)
to walk a dog (on a leash)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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