[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dog.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / dog [← D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/D/) # dog «dog» in Mova's school dictionary: **an animal kept as a pet or for work that barks and wags…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun (dog, dogs); verb (dog, dogs, dogged — to follow closely or to trouble) ### meaning for a pupil 1) A dog is an animal kept as a pet or for work that barks and wags its tail. A dog has 4 legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#m1) 2) Wild dogs include wolves, foxes and dingoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#m2) 3) To dog someone is to follow them closely, or to keep troubling them: «dogged by bad luck». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#m3) 4) (casual) Slang words for a dog: «doggo», «pupper», «pooch», «mutt» (a dog of mixed kind); «dawg» (US slang) means a friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#m4) 5) (casual) «Dog-tired» means very tired; «it's a dog's life» means a hard life; «the dog's dinner» (UK) means a mess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#m5) 6) (rude) Calling a person a «dog» is a nasty insult; «dog» can mean something bad: «this phone's a dog». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#m6) 7) (euphemism) «We had to put the dog down» or «the dog went to sleep» means it was killed kindly because it was very old or ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#m7) 8) (formal) Exams and science say «canine», «domestic dog», «Canis familiaris» and «the quadruped». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#m8) ### sense in the lessons maths: animals counted, with legs (4 each), food, walks and costs (food = dogs × rate × days); science: mammals, puppies, a dog's strong sense of smell; everyday life: walking and feeding the dog, guide dogs, sheepdogs; safety: ask the owner before you pet a dog; stories: loyal dogs; in casual talk «doggo», «pooch», «can i pet him??», «dog-tired»; in rough talk «keep your mutt off my lawn», «that phone's a dog»; euphemism «put down»; in the exam voice «each canine consumes», «the aggregate number of limbs» ### examples - Sam has 3 dogs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#x1) - Each dog eats 2 cups of food a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#x2) - How many legs do 4 dogs have? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#x3) - She walks the dog for 30 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#x4) - The dog wagged its tail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#x5) - Always ask before you pet a dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#x6) - A guide dog helps a blind person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#x7) - The puppy will grow into a big dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#x8) - can i pet him?? he's growling (No, leave him and walk away slowly.) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#x9) - Keep your mutt off my lawn, it's dug 3 holes! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#x10) - Our old dog was very ill, so the vet put him down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#x11) - Each canine consumes 2 cups of food per day. Compute the aggregate consumption of 3 canines over a period of 5 days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#x12) - Did he indeed? a greedy dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#x13) ### note Thing counted, often with a rate per dog. Trap: legs: 4 per dog. «canine» in an exam means dog. A baby dog is a puppy. «put down» said about a pet means it was killed kindly by a vet. Safety: never pet a growling dog or a dog you do not know; walk away slowly, do not run. ### In the corpora - [Every street has its news: who parked where, whose dog barked, who has a new car.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what/0/) - [On matters of taste, like cats versus dogs, there is no single right answer, so bots usually avoid taking sides.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily/17/) - [Elephants have a superb sense of smell and more smell genes than dogs, and lift the trunk to catch scents on the wind.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/11/) - [Most bears are omnivores, and their sense of smell is many times better than a dog's.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/23-bears/14/) - [A dog's nose has hundreds of millions of smell receptors, while a human nose has about 5 or 6 million.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/24-wolves-and-dogs/10/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «dog» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.