{ "term": "dog", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "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.", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I took the dog for a walk." }, { "text": "I'm just going to **walk the dog**." }, { "text": "I could hear a dog barking." }, { "text": "**Stray dogs** roamed the streets at night." }, { "text": "**dog walkers/owners**" }, { "text": "dog food" }, { "text": "a dog and its puppies" }, { "text": "A labrador is a breed of dog." }, { "text": "She often stops to chat to other dog walkers." }, { "text": "Owners who allow their dogs to foul the footpath will be fined." }, { "text": "A dog was gnawing at an old bone." }, { "text": "A dog was sniffing around my heels." }, { "text": "Bad dog! What are you doing there?" }, { "text": "He's trained his dog to sit on the back of his bike." }, { "text": "She was bitten by a dog." }, { "text": "Races have been held at this dog track for seventy years." }, { "text": "They moved into a flat and couldn't take their pet dog." }, { "text": "This is a working dog, not a pet." }, { "text": "The chihuahua is one of the hardest to train of all dog breeds." }, { "text": "Rex was a champion show dog." }, { "text": "They roam the streets like packs of wild dogs." }, { "text": "The dog barked loudly at the stranger." }, { "text": "The dog bounded up to me and started licking my hand." }, { "text": "When it saw him, the dog began wagging its tail." }, { "text": "The dog chewed up one of my shoes." }, { "text": "The dog was scratching at the door to be let in." }, { "text": "The dog went for him and bit him twice on the leg." }, { "text": "The dog's owner was banned from keeping dogs for five years." }, { "text": "The little dogs were yapping at my ankles." }, { "text": "The stray dogs are wormed and treated with flea powder." }, { "text": "These dogs were bred to hunt small animals." }, { "text": "We didn't want puppies so we had the dog neutered." }, { "text": "The dog was dangerous and had to be destroyed, police have confirmed." }, { "text": "We recently had to put our dog to sleep." } ], "topics": ["Animals"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["domestic", "family", "pet"], "… of dogs": ["pack"], "verb + dog": ["have", "keep", "own"], "dog + verb": ["bark", "bay", "howl"], "dog + noun": ["basket", "biscuit", "food"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a male dog, fox, wolf or otter", "cefr": "b2", "examples": [], "topics": ["Animals"] }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "greyhound racing", "labels": "(British English, informal)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "a thing of low quality; a failure", "labels": "(especially North American English, informal)", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "Her last movie was an absolute dog." } ], "topics": ["Difficulty and failure"] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "an offensive way of describing a woman who is not considered attractive", "labels": "(informal, offensive)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "used, especially after an adjective, to describe a man who has done something bad", "labels": "(informal, disapproving)", "examples": [ { "text": "You dirty dog!" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to be raining heavily", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "an event that is planned only in order to impress people so that they will support or buy something", "labels": "(North American English, informal, disapproving)", "examples": [ { "text": "the dog and pony show of his visits to the war zone" }, { "text": "a dog and pony show to sell the idea to investors" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "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", "examples": [ { "text": "I'm afraid in this line of work it's a case of dog eat dog." }, { "text": "We're operating in a dog-eat-dog world." } ], "topics": ["Success"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a person who stops other people from enjoying something that the person cannot use or does not want themselves", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a thing that has been done badly", "labels": "(British English, informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "He's made a real dog's breakfast of these accounts." } ], "synonyms": "mess" }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "an unhappy life, full of problems or unfair treatment", "examples": [ { "text": "He led his poor partner a dog's life." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "everyone has good luck or success at some point in their life", "labels": "(saying)", "examples": [], "topics": ["Success"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to be always arguing with each other", "examples": [ { "text": "In our childhood Irina and I fought like cat and dog." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "when a person already has a bad reputation, it is difficult to change it because others will continue to blame or suspect them", "labels": "(saying)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to get into a very bad state", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "This firm's gone to the dogs since the new management took over." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "alcohol that you drink in order to make you feel better when you have drunk too much alcohol the night before", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to be involved in a situation so that you will gain or lose according to the result", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "I really don't have a dog in this fight, so I can just enjoy the game." }, { "text": "The employees have a dog in the hunt, so their views should be listened to." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to avoid mentioning a subject or something that happened in the past, in order to avoid any problems or arguments", "labels": "(saying)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "extremely hard", "examples": [ { "text": "I've been working like a dog recently." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "in a very bad or cruel way", "examples": [ { "text": "They treated him like a dog." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "very determined and refusing to give up", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "When she sensed a good story she was like a dog with a bone." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to have no chance at all", "examples": [ { "text": "He hasn't a dog's chance of passing the exam." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "feeling very sick; vomiting a lot", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to describe a situation in which the most important aspect is being influenced and controlled by somebody/something that is not as important", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "(you cannot) successfully make people change their ideas, methods of work, etc., when they have had them for a long time", "labels": "(saying)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to allow somebody to suffer or be punished in an unfair way, as if they have no value", "examples": [ { "text": "Her boss collects a big retirement cheque while she is thrown to the dogs." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "if somebody can do a task for you, there is no point in doing it yourself", "labels": "(informal, saying)", "examples": [] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/dɒɡ/", "audio": "do/dog/dog__gb_2.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/dɔːɡ/", "audio": "do/dog/dog__us_1_rr.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Old English docga, of unknown origin." }