dog
/dɒɡ/
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Translation
A common animal with four legs that many people keep as a pet or to help them work.
Word origin
From Old English docga, a word of unknown beginning that slowly replaced the older word hound.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- docga
Grammar
Gender
Pluraldogs
Examples
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"Dog" means the four-legged animal that people keep as a pet.
ball.
Here "dog" is one animal that belongs to the speaker.
asleep .
"Dogs" is the plural, meaning more than one dog.
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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