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# pup

noun (a pup, pups); verb (pup, pups, pupped, pupping — to give birth, for some animals)

«pup» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A pup is a young dog; a puppy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pup/#m1)
2. A pup is also the baby of some other animals, such as seals, otters, wolves, foxes, rats and bats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pup/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science (life cycles and animal babies): seal pups are born on beaches or ice; wolf pups live in a den. In everyday life: «our new pup» means a puppy. Phrases: seal pup, wolf pup, a litter of pups.

### Examples

- Our new pup chewed my shoe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pup/#x1)
- The seal pup has white fluffy fur. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pup/#x2)
- The mother wolf fed her pups in the den. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pup/#x3)
- A litter of six pups was born last night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pup/#x4)
- Leave a seal pup alone on the beach — its mother is nearby. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pup/#x5)
- Otter pups learn to swim from their mothers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pup/#x6)

### Note

Countable: a pup, pups. A shorter form of «puppy». Baby animal names differ: kitten (cat), calf (cow, whale), cub (bear, lion, fox), pup (dog, seal). Safety: do not touch wild baby animals; the mother may be close.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pup» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pup/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pup» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pup.html) on Mova free.