- dog
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ domestic, family, pet▪ stray▪ feral, wild▪ pedigree (esp. BrE), pure-bred (esp. AmE)▪ mongrel▪ lap, toy▪
The lady was kissing a little lap dog.
▪ puppy (often figurative, esp. AmE)▪He looked at me with puppy-dog eyes.
▪ faithful, friendly▪ good, well-behaved, well-trained▪ bad▪Bad dog! What are you doing there?
▪ dangerous, fierce, savage, vicious▪ junkyard (AmE, figurative)▪election lawyers who are mean as junkyard dogs
▪ mad, rabid▪ mangy▪ show▪Rex was a champion show dog.
▪ working▪ bird (AmE), gun, hound (AmE), hunting▪ sled▪ guide, Seeing Eye dog™ (AmE)▪The labrador is being trained to be a guide dog for the blind.
▪ police▪ bomb-sniffing (AmE), cadaver (AmE), drug-sniffing (AmE), sniffer (esp. BrE), tracker▪Sniffer dogs were used to find the drugs.
▪ attack, fighting▪ guard▪ rescue▪ farm▪ top (often figurative)▪The team wanted to prove that they were top dogs in the region.
… OF DOGS▪ packVERB + DOG▪ have, keep, own▪The dog's owner was banned from keeping dogs for five years.
▪ breed▪These dogs were bred to hunt small animals.
▪ train▪He's trained his dog to sit on the back of his bike.
▪ feed▪ take for a walk, walk▪I'm just going to walk the dog.
▪ pet (esp. AmE), stroke (esp. BrE)▪ neuter, spay (esp. AmE)▪We didn't want puppies so we had the dog neutered.
▪ worm▪The stray dogs are wormed and treated with flea powder.
▪ muzzle▪ destroy (esp. BrE), put down, put to sleep▪A dog that bit a five-year-old child was later destroyed.
▪We recently had to put our dog to sleep.
DOG + VERB▪ bark, bay, howl, pant, whine▪The dog barked loudly at the stranger.
▪ growl, snarl▪ yap, yelp▪The little dogs were yapping at my ankles.
▪ run, scamper, walk▪ bound, leap▪The dog bounded up to me and started licking my hand.
▪ roam (sth), wander (sth)▪Stray dogs roamed the streets at night.
▪ attack sb/sth, go for sb/sth (BrE)▪The dog went for him and bit him twice on the leg.
▪ bite sb/sth, snap▪ maul sb/sth, savage sb/sth (esp. BrE)▪ lick▪ chew sth, chew sth up, gnaw sth, gnaw at sth▪The dog chewed up one of my shoes.
▪A dog was gnawing at an old bone.
▪ sniff▪A dog was sniffing around my heels.
▪ prick up its ears, wag its tail▪ scratch▪The dog was scratching at the door to be let in.
▪ foul sth (BrE)▪Owners who allow their dogs to foul the footpath will be fined.
DOG + NOUN▪ basket▪ biscuit, food▪ collar▪ lead (BrE), leash (esp. AmE)▪ dirt (BrE), excrement (formal), faeces/feces (formal), mess (BrE), poo, turd▪ breeder, handler, lover, owner, trainer, walker▪ catcher, warden▪The dog warden rounds up stray dogs and takes them to the pound until claimed.
▪ fight▪ pound▪ show▪ racing▪ track▪Races have been held at this dog track for seventy years.
▪ park (AmE){{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verbDog is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑injury
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
