Meaning of dog | Babel Free

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1. A mammal of the family Canidae:
   countable, uncountable
2. The species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding.
   countable, uncountable
3. radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter D
4. Initialism of digital on-screen graphic.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
5. radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter D.
6. A mammal of the family Canidae: The species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding
7. Totally; completely. Often used in combination: dog-tired.
8. Any member of the family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, and their relatives (extant and extinct).
   countable, uncountable
9. The language supposedly spoken by dogs
10. Initialism of digitally originated graphic.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
11. The eleventh of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
12. The species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding
13. To fail to expend the effort needed to do or accomplish something.
14. A male dog, wolf, or fox, as opposed to a bitch or vixen.
    attributive, countable, often, uncountable
15. The eleventh of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar
16. Any member of the family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, and their relatives
17. To go to ruin; degenerate.
18. The meat of this animal, eaten as food.
    uncountable
19. Newcastle Brown Ale
20. The Dog Star; Sirius.
    with-definite-article
21. A male dog, wolf, or fox, as opposed to a bitch or vixen
22. To make an ostentatious display of elegance, wealth, or culture.
23. A person:
    countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable
24. A dull, unattractive girl or woman.
    countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable
25. The Dog Star; Sirius
26. The meat of this animal, eaten as food
27. a domestic, meat-eating animal related to the wolf and fox. hond كَلْب куче cão pes der Hund hund σκύλοςperro koer سگ koira chienכלב कुत्ता pas kutya anjing hundur cane, cagna 犬 개 šuo suns anjing hondhundpies سپی cão câine собака pes pes pas hund สุนัข kopek, it 狗 собака کتّا con chó 狗
28. A man, guy, chap.
    countable, slang, uncountable
29. (usually of members of the dog family) male. a dog-fox. reun, mannetjie ذَكَر кучешки macho samec Rüde-... hunde- αρσενικόςmacho isane وابسته به تیره سگ ها koira- mâle כֶּלֶב- कुत्ता की प्रजाति का pseći hím. kan jantan hunda- maschio 雄の 수컷의 patinas (vilku, lapsu) tēviņš jantan mannetjes- hann- -samiec د سپی کورنی macho mascul мужского пола samec samec mužjak han- ตัวผู้ erkek... 雄獸(常指犬科動物) самець کتّوں کے خاندان سے متعلق cáo đực 雄兽
    usually
30. Someone who is cowardly, worthless, or morally reprehensible.
    countable, derogatory, uncountable
31. to follow closely as a dog does. She dogged his footsteps. agtervolg يَتَتَبَّع вървя по дирите perseguir sledovat nachspüren forfølge ακολουθώ παντού seguir kannul käima دنبال کردن؛ پاپی شدن seurata talonner לַעֲקוֹב אָחֲרֵי पीछे लगना tvrdoglav, uporan nyomon követ (vkit) mengikuti hundelta; elta á röndum seguire, pedinare あとをつける 뒤를 쫓다 sekioti įkandin sekot pa pēdām; vajāt mengikuti volgenfølge skritt for skritt, forfølge nie odstępować تعقیبول perseguir a urma ходить по пятам sledovať zasle...
32. A sexually aggressive man.
    countable, slang, uncountable
33. keeping on at what one is doing in a determined and persistent manner. his dogged perseverance. hardnekkige, vashoudende مَثابِر، مُصِر، عَنيد упорит pertinaz urputný, houževnatý verbissen stædig; hårdnakket επίμονος, πεισματικός terco, tenaz, obstinado visa سرسخت؛ لجوج itsepintainen tenaceעקשן हठी nepopustljiv kitartó tekun þrjóskur, þrár tenace 根気強い 끈질긴 užsispyręs, atkaklus stūrgalvīgs; ietiepīgs tekun hardnekkigsta, seig, utholdendewytrwały ټينګ، كلك، سر سخت، سرزورى، متمرد، هوډى، ضدى، لجوج...
34. A mechanical device or support:
    countable, uncountable
35. Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection.
    countable, uncountable
36. He went doggedly on with his work despite the interruptions. hardnekkig بِعِناد، بإصْرار упорито obstinadamente houževnatě, zarputile beharrlich stædigt; hårdnakket επίμοναtenazmente, obstinadamente sihikindlalt سرسختانه itsepintaisesti avec ténacité בְּעַקשָנוּת हठीलापन tvrdoglavo, uporno kitartóan dengan tekun þrjóskulega con tenacia 根気強く 끈질기게 atkakliai stūrgalvīgi; ietiepīgi dengan gigih hardnekkigsta, seig, innbitt wytrwale سر سختانه obstinadamente cu încăpăţânare упорно húževnato, zanovi...
37. A click or pallet adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet wheel, to restrain the back action.
    countable, uncountable
38. hardnekkigheid عِناد، إصْرار упоритост obstinação houževnatost, urputnost die Verbissenheit stædighed; vedholdenhed επιμονήtenacidad visadus سرسختی؛ لجاجت itsepintaisuus ténacitéעקשנות हठीलापन nepopustljivost, upornost makacsság, kitartás ketekunan þrjóska tenacia 根気 끈질김 užsispyrimas, atkaklumas stūrgalvība; ietiepība dengan tekun hardnekkigheidstahet, seighet, utholdenhetupór سر سخت، سرزورى obstinação încăpăţânare, stă­ruinţă упорство zanovitosť vztrajnost upornost envishet, ihärdighet ความด...
39. A metal support for logs in a fireplace.
    countable, uncountable
40. A double-ended side spike driven through a hole in the flange of a rail on a tramway.
    countable, historical, uncountable
41. The eighteenth Lenormand card.
    countable, uncountable
42. A hot dog: a frankfurter, wiener, or similar sausage; or a sandwich made from this.
    countable, uncountable
43. An underdog.
    countable, slang, uncountable
44. Foot; toe.
    countable, in-plural, slang, uncountable
45. (from "dog and bone") Phone or mobile phone.
    Cockney, countable, slang, uncountable
46. One of the cones used to divide up a racetrack when training horses.
    countable, uncountable
47. Something that performs poorly.
    countable, informal, uncountable
48. A flop; a film that performs poorly at the box office.
    countable, informal, uncountable
49. A cock, as of a gun.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
50. A dance having a brief vogue in the 1960s in which the actions of a dog were mimicked.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The dog barked all night long.”

“[…] I beg again to state, in my humility, that I am Only a Dog. Such a little dog too. […] I am very white, very woolly, very pretty indeed; covered all over with snowy curls, and having two bright black eyes and a black shiny tip to my nose like patent leather.”

“The preposterous altruism too![…]Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog.”

“When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him.[…]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.”

“This includes the development of hyena-like bone crushers (Osteoborus and Borophagus), a large bone-crushing hunting dog (Aelurodon), and another borophagine frugivorous dog (Carpocyon).”

“Entirely disregarding sex, Ch. Searchlight has a beautiful Cocker head, but as he is a dog, his head is too fine and far too much upon the bitchy order.”

“Firstly, he was there to encourage and assist the hounds (a scratch pack – mostly dog-hounds drafted from fox-hound kennels because they were over-sized) […]”

“Did you know that they eat dog in parts of Asia?”

“She’s a real dog.”

“You lucky dog!”

“Come back and fight, you dogs!”

“You dirty dog.”

“Blasphemous dog, I wonder that the earth / Doth cease from renting vnderneath thy feete, / To swallow vp those cankred corpes of thine.”

“And Hazael ſaid, But what, is thy ſeruant a dogge, that he ſhould doe this great thing?”

“[A]t last Mahomed's stood straight up upon its vertebræ, and glared at me through its empty eyeholes, and cursed me with its grinning jaws, because I, a dog of a Christian, disturbed the last sleep of a true believer.”

“Then, with an ugly oath, “Get up, you dog!” and, drawing back his booted foot, he kicked Tarzan heavily in the side.”

“DJ Paul is a dog; one you do not trust.”

“Whenever possible, let the tree support the weight of the chainsaw. Pivot the saw, using the saw's dogs (spikes) as a fulcrum.”

“The dogs were too hot to touch.”

“In the great old-fashioned fireplace behind the high iron dogs a log-fire crackled and snapped.”

“Congressmen gleefully wolfed down every imaginable version of the hot dog – smoked kielbasas, jumbo grillers, Big & Juicy's, kosher dogs and spiced dogs […]”

“My dogs are barking!”

My feet hurt!

“You look good in those shoes with your dogs out!”

You look good wearing shoes that show your toes!

“My dog is dead.”

My mobile-phone battery has run out of charge.

“He gives his dog-Mota or dog-Fiji in exchange for Pigeon English.”

“That modification turned his Dodge hemi into a dog.”

“Blue was released, and as Redford had predicted, it was a dog.”

“"When The Alamo was coming out, the word of mouth on it was that it was a dog," Chase said.”

“To this succeeded the Snaplance ^([sic]), in which a motion was given to the dog, or cock, and a movable plate of steel, called the frizel, or hammer, was placed vertically above the pan to receive the action of the flint.”

“Hmm, see the girl with the red dress on She can do the dog all night long.”

“Just like the dog but not so low Like the hully gully but not so slow Now baby swim, baby do the swim.”

“We had a lovely dance—luckily it was a slow number. I don't think Mr. Lincoln would have been up to the dog or a fast twist.”

“Shakespeare could understand Human, the language used by people, as well as Dog, the telepathic speech with which canines communicated with each other.”

“Lara's biggest frustration was that she could only speak one language – her native tongue of Dog. She would have loved to learn to speak Human but this was beyond the spy-training programme.”

“I blinked. “I thought you were talking to Blake about a dog.” “Cath,” Jake said, “I'm trying to be more open about this. Didn't you just say that you could talk to animals?” The realization dawned on me. “I don't speak Dog very well, but it's worth a try.””

“This article celebrates the fine city of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, situated in northeast England, and its gentle inhabitants, the Geordies. […] Oh yes. Nothing like a pint of dog to establish oneself as a suave sophisticate.”

“This popularity has led to another nickname for the beer in its local market: the Dog. Pubgoers in the Northeast often refer to their nightly trip to the pub as “going out to walk the dog.” And because Newcastle Brown Ale is often the beer they are seeking, the company has launched a whole new advertising campaign referring to its beer as "the Dog."”

“But he must ever watch the northern Bear, Who from her frozen height with jealous eye Confronts the Dog and the Hunter in the south, And is alone not dipt in Ocean's stream.”

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