dog - Simple English Wiktionary (original) (raw)

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dog is on the Basic English 850 List.

A dog

  1. (countable) A dog is a domestic mammal, related to wolves and foxes, that is often kept as a pet.
    • Synonym: puppy
      My pet dog is called "Rover".
Plain form dog Third-person singular dogs Past tense dogged Past participle dogged Present participle dogging
  1. (transitive) If you dog someone, you follow them while being annoying.
  2. (transitive) If you dog something or someone, you follow them to try to catch them.

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