Meaning

1 senses
  1. A sheepdog; (loosely) any herding dog.

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

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Lazy shepherds have good dogs.

    Ледачі пастухи мають хороших собак.

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  2. Tom got himself a shepherd dog.

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  3. The shepherd and his dog are keeping watch over a flock of sheep on the meadow.

    deDer Schäfer und sein Hund bewachen eine Schafherde auf der Weide.

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  4. I have a shepherd-dog that has known me well, but the friendship is often interrupted by partings of some months' duration.

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  5. Claudio brought a German Shepherd dog named Rex.

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Forms

plural: shepherd dogs
Singularshepherd dog
Pluralshepherd dogs

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep:sheepdogsheep dog

See also

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