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# collie

«collie» in Mova's school dictionary: **A breed of dog with a long pointed nose and thick fur…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a collie, collies)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A breed of dog with a long pointed nose and thick fur, first used in Scotland to herd sheep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collie/#m1)

2) Border collie: a very clever working sheepdog, often black and white. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collie/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In nature and farm life: collies herd sheep by running round them. In stories and films: Lassie is a famous collie. In science: collies are among the cleverest dog breeds.

### examples

- The collie rounded up the sheep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collie/#x1)
- Our border collie loves to chase balls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collie/#x2)
- Collies need lots of exercise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collie/#x3)
- Lassie is a famous rough collie. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collie/#x4)
- The farmer whistled to his collie. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collie/#x5)
- A collie can learn many commands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collie/#x6)
- Now, if you could plough the fields like the ox, or draw a cart like the horse, or look after the sheep like the collie-dog, that would be something.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collie/#x7)

### note

Plural: collies. Not «colly». Collies may try to herd children or cats because of their instincts.

### In the corpora

- [A Border collie called Chaser learned the names of over 1,000 toys.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs/8/)
- [Some border collies have learned the names of over a thousand toys, but most dogs understand tone of voice more than exact words.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «collie» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collie/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.