Meaning

23 senses
  1. A mammal of the family Canidae:

    (countable, uncountable)The species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding.

    The dog barked all night long.

  2. (countable, uncountable)Any member of the family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, and their relatives (extant and extinct).

  3. (attributive, countable, often, uncountable)A male dog, wolf, or fox, as opposed to a bitch or vixen.

    Rüde

    кобе́льkobélʹ, пёсpjos

    песpes, соба́каsobáka

  4. (rare, uncountable)The meat of this animal, eaten as food.

    Did you know that they eat dog in parts of Asia?

  5. A person:

    (countable, derogatory, figuratively, slang, uncountable)A dull, unattractive girl or woman.

    She’s a real dog.

    Schabracke

    крокоди́лkrokodíl, жа́баžába

    a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman

  6. (countable, figuratively, slang, uncountable)A man, guy, chap.

    You lucky dog!

    informal term for a man

  7. (countable, derogatory, figuratively, uncountable)Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.

    Hund, Hündin, Hund

    соба́каsobáka, пёсpjos, пси́наpsína

    соба́каsobáka, песpes, соба́каsobáka

  8. (countable, derogatory, figuratively, uncountable)Someone who is cowardly, worthless, or morally reprehensible.

    Come back and fight, you dogs!

    You dirty dog.

    someone who is morally reprehensible

  9. (countable, figuratively, slang, uncountable)A sexually aggressive man.

  10. A mechanical device or support:

    (countable, uncountable)Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection.

  11. (countable, uncountable)A click or pallet adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet wheel, to restrain the back action.

  12. (countable, uncountable)A metal support for logs in a fireplace.

    The dogs were too hot to touch.

    metal supports for logs in a fireplace

Examples

10211 sentences
  1. I like both dogs and cats.

    Мені подобаються і кішки, і собаки. — deniko

    ruЯ и кошек, и собак люблю. — marafon

    deIch mag sowohl Hunde als auch Katzen. — xtofu80

  2. There's a dog by the door.

    Біля дверей стоїть пес. — ascolto

    ruУ двери стоит пёс. — marafon

    deDa ist ein Hund an der Tür. — al_ex_an_der

  3. One of the dogs is alive.

    Один із собак живий. — deniko

    ruОдна из собак жива. — marafon

    deEiner der Hunde lebt. — Tamy

  4. The girl is afraid of dogs.

    Дівчинка боїться собак. — deniko

    ruДевочка боится собак. — timsa

    deDas Mädchen hat Angst vor Hunden. — Wolf

  5. The dog seems to be sick.

    Собака, здається, хворий. — deniko

    ruСобака, похоже, больна. — marafon

    deDer Hund scheint krank zu sein. — Esperantostern

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
male canine:
Русский
By meaning 4
male canine:
dull, unattractive girl or woman:
animal:
morally reprehensible person — see also scoundrel:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
male canine:
dull, unattractive girl or woman:
animal:
morally reprehensible person — see also scoundrel:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English dogge (akin to Scots dug), from Old English dogga, docga, of

Inherited from Middle English dogge (akin to Scots dug), from Old English dogga, docga, of uncertain origin.

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Forms

plural: dogs

Synonyms

83 synonyms
morally reprehensible person:foolA2heelB1cadbounderblackguardscoundrel
animal:domestic dogtaxonomic names: Canis familiaris
metal support for logs:andironfire dogdogiron
man:bloke
mechanical device:detent
Close in meaning

Word family

403 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • have a dog
  • dog barking
  • feed the dog
  • feed my dog
  • walks his dog
  • of my dog
  • dog while
  • feed his dog
  • hot dogs
  • with his dog
  • my dog while
  • afraid of dogs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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