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# pug

«pug» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small dog with a flat, wrinkly face, a curly tail and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a pug, pugs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A pug is a small dog with a flat, wrinkly face, a curly tail and short fur, usually pale brown with a black face, or all black. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pug/#m1)

2) (old slang) «Pug» was once a short word for a boxer (from «pugilist»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pug/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life pugs are popular pets. In science and animal-welfare talk, pugs are an example of how breeding for flat faces can cause breathing problems, so owners must keep them cool and not let them get too tired. Phrases: «a pug dog», «a pug nose» (a short, turned-up nose).

### examples

- Our neighbour's pug snores very loudly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pug/#x1)
- The pug wagged its curly tail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pug/#x2)
- Pugs can overheat on hot days, so walk them in the cool morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pug/#x3)
- He has a pug nose, short and turned up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pug/#x4)
- Flat-faced dogs like pugs can find it hard to breathe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pug/#x5)
- The pug wore a little coat in the snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pug/#x6)
- My friend named her pug Biscuit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pug/#x7)
- In the meantime, there arrived from the next town a lady; she had a pug dog with her, and came, she said, to dispose of shares in her tan-yard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pug/#x8)

### note

Countable: a pug, pugs. «Pug nose» means a short, turned-up nose. Pugs originally came from China and were later loved in Europe.

### Trees and pragmatics

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