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# housedog

«housedog» in Mova's school dictionary: **a dog kept in a house or yard to guard it, not one used…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (housedogs)

### meaning for a pupil

A housedog is a dog kept in a house or yard to guard it, not one used for hunting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housedog/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales a housedog guards the home while a hunting hound goes out with the master; in lessons it contrasts a guard dog with a hunting dog

### examples

- The housedog barked at the stranger at the gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housedog/#x1)
- Our housedog sleeps by the back door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housedog/#x2)
- A housedog guards the home at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housedog/#x3)
- The farmer kept a hound for hunting and a housedog for the house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housedog/#x4)
- The housedog was given meat to keep it quiet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housedog/#x5)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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