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dogs
We have found lemma(root) word of dogs : dog.
Definitions
[dɒɡ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a domesticated carnivorous mammal that typically has a long snout, an acute sense of smell, non-retractable claws, and a barking, howling, or whining voice
- an unpleasant, contemptible, or wicked man
(e.g: he was interrupted by cries of ‘dirty dog!’)
- used in names of dogfishes, e.g. sandy dog, spur-dog
- a mechanical device for gripping
- feet
- barriers used to keep horses off a particular part of the track
Phrases:
- a dog's age
- a dog's breakfast
- a dog's life
- dog and bone
- dog eat dog
- dogs bark, but the caravans move on
- dressed up like a dog's dinner
- every dog has its day
- give a dog a bad name and hang him
- go to the dogs
- have a dog in the fight
- like a dog with a bone
- like a dog with two tails
- not a dog's chance
- put on the dog
- the dog's bollocks
- the dogs of war
- throw someone to the dogs
- why keep a dog and bark yourself?
- you can't teach an old dog new tricks
Origin
:
Old English docga, of unknown origin
[dɒɡ], (Verb)
Definitions:
- follow (someone) closely and persistently
(e.g: photographers seemed to dog her every step)
- act lazily; fail to try one's hardest
(e.g: Eric had a reputation for dogging it a little)
- grip (something) with a mechanical device
(e.g: she has dogged the door shut)
Phrases:
- a dog's age
- a dog's breakfast
- a dog's life
- dog and bone
- dog eat dog
- dogs bark, but the caravans move on
- dressed up like a dog's dinner
- every dog has its day
- give a dog a bad name and hang him
- go to the dogs
- have a dog in the fight
- like a dog with a bone
- like a dog with two tails
- not a dog's chance
- put on the dog
- the dog's bollocks
- the dogs of war
- throw someone to the dogs
- why keep a dog and bark yourself?
- you can't teach an old dog new tricks
Origin
:
Old English docga, of unknown origin
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