Meaning
An animal with four legs that many people keep at home, and that barks.
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Word origin
From Old English docga, a word of unknown beginning that slowly replaced the older word hound.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- docga
Grammar
Examples
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A "dog" is a friendly four-legged animal that many people keep as a pet. Dogs can also be trained to guard, hunt, or help people who need them.
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Grammar articles
(15)Advanced English articles: zero article and the with places
Articles in English: a, an, the and the zero article
Emphasis in English: emphatic do, my own and the very
Have got in English: I've got a brother (chart and examples)
Inversion and subject-verb-object word order in English
Participle clauses in English: -ing, -ed and having done
Past continuous in English: was/were + -ing, with examples
Past simple in English: rules, -ed spelling and examples
100 Common Phrasal Verbs in English, with Examples
Plurals in English: one cat, two cats (rules and chart)
My, your, his, her: possessives in English (chart)
Present perfect continuous in English: have been + -ing
Relative clauses in English: defining and non-defining
Used to, would and be used to in English: past habits
Suffixes in English: word building with -ness, -ful, -ly
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