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# greyhound

«greyhound» in Mova's school dictionary: **a tall, thin dog with long legs that can run very fast…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a greyhound, greyhounds)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A greyhound is a tall, thin dog with long legs that can run very fast, used for racing and hunting and kept as a gentle pet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greyhound/#m1)

2) (US) Greyhound is the name of a well-known long-distance bus company. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greyhound/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science, greyhounds are famous as the fastest dog breed. In everyday life, many retired racing greyhounds are adopted as calm pets. Phrases: «greyhound racing», «rescue greyhound».

### examples

- A greyhound can run as fast as a car in town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greyhound/#x1)
- Our rescue greyhound loves sleeping on the sofa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greyhound/#x2)
- Greyhound racing is popular in Ireland and Australia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greyhound/#x3)
- The greyhound chased a toy rabbit around the track. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greyhound/#x4)
- Greyhounds are gentle and quiet dogs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greyhound/#x5)
- They travelled across America on a Greyhound bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greyhound/#x6)
- Then the son changed himself into a greyhound, and ran down the fox and killed it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greyhound/#x7)

### note

Spelt greyhound everywhere, even in the US (not «grayhound»). Greyhounds are not always grey. They can reach about 70 kilometres per hour.

### In the corpora

- [Lily's new neighbour has a greyhound called Ghost, an ex-racing dog who never lived in a house before.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does/0/)
- [Ex-racing greyhounds often have never lived in a house and need time to learn that a home is safe.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does/39/)
- [The greyhound; the he-goat also; and the king, against whom there is no rising up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.895/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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