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# puppy

«puppy» in Mova's school dictionary: **a young dog** — 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 (puppy, puppies)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A puppy is a young dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puppy/#m1)

2) «Puppy fat» is soft fat some children have that goes away as they grow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puppy/#m2)

3) «Puppy love» is a young person's first, sweet love. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puppy/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: a counted animal (4 legs); puppies born, sold or given away; food per puppy each day. In science: mammals feed their young with milk; puppies grow into dogs (life cycles). In everyday life: getting a puppy, training a puppy, caring for pets. Phrases: «a litter of puppies», «puppy training», «puppy dog eyes».

### examples

- The dog had 6 puppies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puppy/#x1)
- She gave away 2 puppies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puppy/#x2)
- Each puppy eats 3 cups a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puppy/#x3)
- How many puppies are left? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puppy/#x4)
- A puppy has 4 legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puppy/#x5)
- Our puppy chews everything, even my shoes! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puppy/#x6)
- A puppy needs food, water, walks and love. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puppy/#x7)
- He gave me puppy dog eyes to get a biscuit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puppy/#x8)
- In the house there are three puppies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puppy/#x9)

### note

Plural «puppies» (y changes to ies). A group of puppies born together is a «litter». Maths: counted animal with 4 legs. Trap: food per puppy per day × puppies × days.

### In the corpora

- [A chihuahua and a Great Dane are the same species and could in theory have puppies together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/192-dogs-from-wolves-to-hundreds-of-breeds/7/)
- [A pet is for life: a puppy given as a Christmas present grows up and needs many years of care.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility/16/)
- [Dogs follow human pointing very well, even as puppies, while wolves and chimpanzees find it hard.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice/6/)
- [Dogs have a special eyebrow muscle, which wolves mostly lack, that lifts the inner eyebrow to make puppy eyes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/292-dogs-from-wolves-to-best-friends-living-with-dogs-today/12/)
- [Even young puppies can follow a human pointing finger, and dogs see blues and yellows well but not reds and greens.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/292-dogs-from-wolves-to-best-friends-living-with-dogs-today/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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