[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dog/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [D](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/d/) / dog # dog noun (dog, dogs); verb (dog, dogs, dogged — to follow closely or to trouble) «dog» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A dog is an animal kept as a pet or for work that barks and wags its tail. A dog has 4 legs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#m1) 2. Wild dogs include wolves, foxes and dingoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#m2) 3. To dog someone is to follow them closely, or to keep troubling them: «dogged by bad luck». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#m3) 4. (casual) Slang words for a dog: «doggo», «pupper», «pooch», «mutt» (a dog of mixed kind); «dawg» (US slang) means a friend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#m4) 5. (casual) «Dog-tired» means very tired; «it's a dog's life» means a hard life; «the dog's dinner» (UK) means a mess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#m5) 6. (rude) Calling a person a «dog» is a nasty insult; «dog» can mean something bad: «this phone's a dog». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#m6) 7. (euphemism) «We had to put the dog down» or «the dog went to sleep» means it was killed kindly because it was very old or ill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#m7) 8. (formal) Exams and science say «canine», «domestic dog», «Canis familiaris» and «the quadruped». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#m8) ### In the lessons maths: animals counted, with legs (4 each), food, walks and costs (food = dogs × rate × days); science: mammals, puppies, a dog's strong sense of smell; everyday life: walking and feeding the dog, guide dogs, sheepdogs; safety: ask the owner before you pet a dog; stories: loyal dogs; in casual talk «doggo», «pooch», «can i pet him??», «dog-tired»; in rough talk «keep your mutt off my lawn», «that phone's a dog»; euphemism «put down»; in the exam voice «each canine consumes», «the aggregate number of limbs» ### Examples - Sam has 3 dogs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#x1) - Each dog eats 2 cups of food a day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#x2) - How many legs do 4 dogs have? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#x3) - She walks the dog for 30 minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#x4) - The dog wagged its tail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#x5) - Always ask before you pet a dog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#x6) - A guide dog helps a blind person. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#x7) - The puppy will grow into a big dog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#x8) - can i pet him?? he's growling (No, leave him and walk away slowly.) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#x9) - Keep your mutt off my lawn, it's dug 3 holes! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#x10) - Our old dog was very ill, so the vet put him down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#x11) - Each canine consumes 2 cups of food per day. Compute the aggregate consumption of 3 canines over a period of 5 days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#x12) - Did he indeed? a greedy dog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/#x13) ### Note Thing counted, often with a rate per dog. Trap: legs: 4 per dog. «canine» in an exam means dog. A baby dog is a puppy. «put down» said about a pet means it was killed kindly by a vet. Safety: never pet a growling dog or a dog you do not know; walk away slowly, do not run. ## In Jewish tradition In the Torah it is an unclean animal, and meat torn by wild beasts is thrown to dogs. The "price of a dog" cannot be brought into the Temple. In the Psalms a dog stands for cruel enemies who howl and prowl about at evening. **Interpretation.** Tradition reads the dog that does not bark at Israel in Egypt as a sign of God's care on the night of the exodus. The psalmist's prayer to be saved "from the power of the dog" is read as a cry to God for rescue from fierce enemies. ### Examples - And ye shall be holy men unto Me; therefore ye shall not eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs. (Torah EXO.22.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dog/#x1) - But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog whet his tongue, against man or beast; that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. (Torah EXO.11.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dog/#x2) - Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow; for even both these are an abomination unto the LORD thy God. (Torah DEU.23.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dog/#x3) - Deliver my soul from the sword; mine only one from the power of the dog. (Writings PSA.22.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dog/#x4) - They return at evening, they howl like a dog, and go round about the city. (Writings PSA.59.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dog/#x5) - And they return at evening, they howl like a dog, and go round about the city; (Writings PSA.59.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dog/#x6) ### Note Thing counted, often with a rate per dog. Trap: legs: 4 per dog. «canine» in an exam means dog. A baby dog is a puppy. «put down» said about a pet means it was killed kindly by a vet. Safety: never pet a growling dog or a dog you do not know; walk away slowly, do not run. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «dog» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dog/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«dog» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dog.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «dog» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dog/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«dog» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/dog.html) on Mova free.