dog
1 different kinds of dog
2 parts of a dog
3 things that dogs do
4 looking after a dog
see also ANIMAL
1 different kinds of dog
- an animal, often kept as a pet or for working on a farm or hunting: dog
- a female dog: bitch; a male dog: dog
Is it a dog or a bitch?
- a young dog: puppy, pup
- a dog that is kept for company or pleasure: pet dog
- a dog that is kept to work, for example on a farm: working dog
- a dog that is trained to help control sheep: sheepdog
- a dog that guards a house or a building: guard dog
- a dog that is trained to help a blind person: guide dog
- a dog that is trained to help the police: police dog
- a particular type of dog: breed
What breed is that dog?
- a dog whose parents are not the same breed: mongrel
- if a dog is of pure breed, it is a pedigree dog
pure-bred pedigree pups
2 parts of a dog
- a dog's foot: paw
- the mouth and nose of a dog: muzzle
- the hair on a dog: coat
a thick healthy coat
3 things that dogs do
- the loud sound that a dog makes when it is excited: bark; verb: bark
The dog was barking at the postman.
- a word to describe the sound of a dog's bark: woof
- a low sound that a dog makes to give a warning: growl; verb: growl
- a sound an angry dog makes while showing its teeth: snarl; verb: snarl
The dog snarled at the stranger.
- the sound that a small dog makes when it is barking or excited: yap; verb: yap
- a crying sound that a dog makes, especially when it wants sth: whine; verb: whine
- a sound that a dog makes when it is frightened or in pain: howl; verb: howl
All over the town, dogs started howling.
- when a dog moves its tail from side to side (because it is happy or excited), it wags its tail, its tail wags
- when a dog attacks sb/sth with its teeth, it bites* sb/sth
- when a dog tries to bite sb/sth, it snaps at sb/sth
The puppy snapped at the child's hand.
- when a dog chews and bites a bone for a long time, it gnaws (at) a bone
4 looking after a dog
- to give food to an animal: feed* sth; food that you buy to give to a dog: dog food (noun U)
- to rub or touch a dog with your hand to show you are pleased with it: pat a dog
- to move your hand gently over sth: stroke a dog
She bent down to stroke the dog.
- a dog that behaves well in the house and does not make it dirty is house-trained
- to go for a walk with a dog: walk a dog, take* a dog for a walk
- a band of leather, plastic, etc that is put around a dog's neck: collar
- a long piece of leather, plastic, etc attached to a dog's collar, to keep the dog under control: lead (AmE leash)
Please keep your dog on a lead. ◎ to let a dog off the lead
- a small house for a dog: kennel
- a dog that has left its home and is lost: stray dog
- to keep animals in order to produce young from them: breed* sth
She breeds poodles.
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- connected with dogs or like a dog: canine
canine diseases
- a disease that dogs get and pass to humans by biting them: rabies (noun U)
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