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• i took the dog for a walk.
• i'm just going to walk the dog.
• i could hear a dog barking.
• stray dogs roamed the streets at night.

dog

1. an animal with four legs and a tail, often kept as a pet or trained for work, for example hunting or guarding buildings. There are many types of dog, some of which are wild.
• SEE ALSO bird dog
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bird-dog
• I took the dog for a walk.
• I'm just going to walk the dog.
• I could hear a dog barking.
• Stray dogs roamed the streets at night.
• dog walkers/owners
• dog food/biscuits
• a dog and its puppies
• A labrador is a breed of dog.

Extra Examples

• She often stops to chat to other dog walkers.
• Owners who allow their dogs to foul the footpath will be fined.
• A dog was gnawing at an old bone.
• A dog was sniffing around my heels.
• Bad dog! What are you doing there?
• He's trained his dog to sit on the back of his bike.
• She was bitten by a dog.
• Races have been held at this dog track for seventy years.
• They moved into a flat and couldn't take their pet dog.
• He worked for the police as a dog handler.
• This is a working dog, not a pet.
• The chihuahua is one of the hardest to train of all dog breeds.
• Rex was a champion show dog.
• They roam the streets like packs of wild dogs.
• The dog barked loudly at the stranger.
• The dog bounded up to me and started licking my hand.
• When it saw him, the dog began wagging its tail.
• The dog chewed up one of my shoes.
• The dog was scratching at the door to be let in.
• The dog went for him and bit him twice on the leg.
• The dog's owner was banned from keeping dogs for five years.
• The little dogs were yapping at my ankles.
• The stray dogs are wormed and treated with flea powder.
• These dogs were bred to hunt small animals.
• We didn't want puppies so we had the dog neutered.
• A dog that savaged a five-year-old child was later destroyed, police have confirmed.
• We recently had to put our dog to sleep.
2. a male dog, fox, wolf or otter
• COMPARE bitch
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bitch_2
3. greyhound racing
4. a thing of low quality; a failure
• Her last movie was an absolute dog.
5. an offensive way of describing a woman who is not considered attractive
6. used, especially after an adjective, to describe a man who has done something bad
• You dirty dog!
7. to be raining heavily
8. an event that is planned only in order to impress people so that they will support or buy something
• the dog and pony show of his visits to the war zone
• a dog and pony show to sell the idea to investors
9. a situation in business, politics, etc. where there is a lot of competition and people are willing to harm each other in order to succeed
• I'm afraid in this line of work it's a case of dog eat dog.
• We're operating in a dog-eat-dog world.
10. a person who stops other people from enjoying what he or she cannot use or does not want
11. a thing that has been done badly
• SYNONYM mess
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/mess_2
• He's made a real dog's breakfast of these accounts.
12. an unhappy life, full of problems or unfair treatment
• He led poor Amy a dog’s life. She was desperately lonely, poor dear.
13. everyone has good luck or success at some point in their life
14. when a person already has a bad reputation, it is difficult to change it because others will continue to blame or suspect him/her
15. to get into a very bad state
• This firm's gone to the dogs since the new management took over.
16. alcohol that you drink in order to make you feel better when you have drunk too much alcohol the night before
17. to be involved in a situation so that you will gain or lose according to the result
• I really don't have a dog in this fight, so I can just enjoy the game.
• The employees have a dog in the hunt, so their views should be listened to.
18. to avoid mentioning a subject or something that happened in the past, in order to avoid any problems or arguments
19. extremely hard
• I've been working like a dog recently.
20. in a very bad or cruel way
• They treated him like a dog.
21. very determined and refusing to give up
• When she sensed a good story she was like a dog with a bone.
22. to have no chance at all
• He hasn't a dog's chance of passing the exam.
23. feeling very sick; vomiting a lot
24. used to describe a situation in which the most important aspect is being influenced and controlled by somebody/something that is not as important
25. (you cannot) successfully make people change their ideas, methods of work, etc., when they have had them for a long time
26. to allow somebody to suffer or be punished in an unfair way, as if they have no value
• Her boss collects a big retirement cheque while she is thrown to the dogs.
27. if somebody can do a task for you, there is no point in doing it yourself

Word Origin

• Old English docga, of unknown origin.