/dɒɡ/
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
Examples
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"Dog" means the four-legged animal that people keep as a pet.
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Here "dog" is one animal that belongs to the speaker.
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"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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Used in
Stories
(10)A Day at the Farm
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Market Morning
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The Late Bus
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The Rescue
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One Sheep Short
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The Long Way Home
4 min read · Core 1000
The Box in the Wood
5 min read · Core 5000
The First Letter
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The Suggestion Box
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The Whale on the Beach
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Grammar articles
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Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Participle clauses in English: -ing and -ed clauses, and the dangling participle trap
Passive voice in English: rules, examples and when to use it
Past continuous tense: was and were plus -ing, and when to use it instead of the past simple
Phrasal verbs: 100 examples with meanings
Used to, would and be used to: talking about past habits and states in English
Word formation in English: how suffixes build word families and give away the part of speech
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