Meaning

4 senses
  1. Any of various breeds of dog used for herding sheep; an individual of such a breed.

    Schäferhund, Schäferhündin, Hirtenhund

    овча́ркаovčárka

    вівча́ркаvivčárka

    any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep

  2. Any of various breeds of dog used for guarding sheep; an individual of such a breed.

  3. (dated, slang)A chaperon; an adult who accompanies other people in a supervisory role.

  4. (US, slang)A police officer.

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Ziri's sheepdog displayed some odd behavior.

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  2. There were reports of sheep and sheepdogs being killed.

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  3. Tom is a shepherd and he has a sheepdog.

    deTom ist Schafhirte und hat einen Schäferhund.

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  4. Matey is a lavender faroese sheepdog puppy with aqua blue eyes and a pink nose.

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  5. Ziri's ewe was terrified of Rima's sheepdog.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
dog used for herding sheep:
Русский
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dog used for herding sheep:
Deutsch
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dog used for herding sheep:

Origin

From sheep + dog.

From sheep + dog.

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Forms

plural: sheepdogs

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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