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# sheepdog

«sheepdog» in Mova's school dictionary: **A dog trained to help a farmer move and look after sheep** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a sheepdog, sheepdogs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A dog trained to help a farmer move and look after sheep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheepdog/#m1)

2) A breed of dog often used for this, like the Border Collie or Old English Sheepdog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheepdog/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday farm life and stories, sheepdogs round up sheep by whistle. In maths, sheepdog trials count sheep and times. Phrases: sheepdog trials, round up.

### examples

- The sheepdog rounded up the sheep into the pen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheepdog/#x1)
- The farmer whistled and the sheepdog lay down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheepdog/#x2)
- Border Collies make great sheepdogs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheepdog/#x3)
- We watched sheepdog trials at the show. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheepdog/#x4)
- The sheepdog moved 20 sheep in 3 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheepdog/#x5)
- Our neighbour's sheepdog is very clever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheepdog/#x6)

### note

Countable; one word. Breeds: Border Collie, Old English Sheepdog, kelpie (Australia).

### In the corpora

- [Sheepdog trials are real competitions where dog and shepherd move sheep through gates and into a pen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs/14/)
- [Donkeys, llamas and sheepdogs are used to guard flocks, and a guard donkey will chase away foxes and stray dogs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/211-sheep-and-goats-wool-flocks-climbers-and-the-tin-can-myth/15/)
- [Grandad's sheepdog Bess nips Chloe's heels, herding her like a lost lamb, until Grandad whistles her off.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/457-the-cat-that-only-likes-dad-and-other-choosy-pets/13/)
- [Herding dogs like sheepdogs may nip at running children's heels from instinct; the owner should call the dog off.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/457-the-cat-that-only-likes-dad-and-other-choosy-pets/28/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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