I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a pet dog/cat/rabbit etc
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I used to have a pet rabbit when I was young.
rabbit punch
rabbit warren
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
pet
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Even the nursery's pet rabbit is being tested as a possible carrier of the organism that causes the illness.
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If they have their own pet rabbit , make the bunny in an appropriate colour.
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In 1856-7 his niece Caroline has a pet rabbit .
white
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There are black and white rabbits , there are big-eared and small-eared rabbits.
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That same month, they had bought a white rabbit named Fred.
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They kept a white rabbit , and took it with them on their travels.
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On the table sits a white rabbit , ears erect.
■ NOUN
warren
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They've tried to search that rabbit warren but it's impossible.
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Elsewhere, extensive pillow mounds show that the site was used as a rabbit warren later on.
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I can't remember ever bolting a weasel from a rabbit warren .
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Two will be described here: pillow mounds and former rabbit warrens , and decoys for taking wildfowl.
■ VERB
catch
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He'd catch the rabbits and loved a pint of beer.
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I believe my friend is catching on, fellow rabbits .
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Personally I couldn't have cared less if we hadn't caught a single rabbit .
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The type of snare that trapped the deer is mainly used to catch rabbits and foxes.
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They can't catch a rabbit that runs, and nearly always you can smell them coming.
cook
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To cook reserved rabbit loins, prepare a fire in a charcoal grill.
eat
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Whereas foxes eat things other than rabbits , cheetahs eat only gazelles.
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Coyotes eat snakes, rabbits , mice and other rodents, lizards, berries, etc. 2.
kill
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It therefore offers an opportunity to kill all rabbits confined within that area by the full variety of methods available.
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The myxomatosis virus has killed far more rabbits than have foxes.
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Perhaps this boy knows something about them, he thought ... Something has been killing rabbits and birds in the woods lately.
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When Pierson told them it takes her 2 minutes to kill and dress each rabbit , there was this silence.
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Instead of scraping away at its hindquarters it can now kill the rabbit .
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So Jim killed a rabbit , filled the skin with sawdust, added an appropriate weight and sold it to her.
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The advantage of a muzzled ferret is that it can not kill a rabbit .
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The most likely is that the ferret has somehow shed her muzzle and has then killed a rabbit .
shoot
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And if he wanted to shoot rabbits he's had plenty of chances this morning.
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There are those people whose interest is almost exclusively in shooting bolting rabbits .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
farmed salmon/fish/rabbits etc
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As a result, commercially farmed rabbits are available, both for meat and hair; the angora is an example.
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The documentary Warning from the Wild-the Price of Salmon looked at levels of polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins in farmed salmon.
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The practice also raises questions about the quality of farmed fish, says Pauly.
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Though perfectly and classically cooked, the one I sampled had the muddy, acrid flavor of farmed fish.
like a rabbit/deer caught in headlights
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Rabbits were part of their bounty; this classic preparation can be prepared with wild or domestic rabbit.
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I've made a rabbit pie.
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It was decorated with an overdressed pale-blue rabbit in non-toxic paint.
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Many knowing rabbit connoisseurs and hunters prize simple fried rabbit.
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Nildro-hain was the first rabbit they met.
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Remove rabbit from marinade and pat dry with paper towels.
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Their seven children, carved in high relief in diminishing size according to age, clustered round their feet like rabbits.
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When rabbit is done, remove from pan to a serving platter and keep warm.
II. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
like a rabbit/deer caught in headlights
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Danny Baker was born to banter, conceived to chat and has a remit to rabbit .