I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ domestic , family , pet
▪ stray
▪ feral , wild
▪ pedigree ( esp. BrE ), pure-bred ( esp. AmE )
▪ mongrel
▪ lap , toy
▪
The lady was kissing a little lap ~.
▪ puppy ( often figurative , esp. AmE )
▪
He looked at me with puppy-dog eyes.
▪ faithful , friendly
▪ good , well-behaved , well-trained
▪ bad
▪
Bad ~! What are you doing there?
▪ dangerous , fierce , savage , vicious
▪ junkyard ( AmE , figurative )
▪
election lawyers who are mean as junkyard ~s
▪ mad , rabid
▪ mangy
▪ show
▪
Rex was a champion show ~.
▪ working
▪ bird ( AmE ), gun , hound ( AmE ), hunting
▪ sled
▪ guide , Seeing Eye dog™ ( AmE )
▪
The labrador is being trained to be a guide ~ for the blind.
▪ police
▪ bomb-sniffing ( AmE ), cadaver ( AmE ), drug-sniffing ( AmE ), sniffer ( esp. BrE ), tracker
▪
Sniffer ~s were used to find the drugs.
▪ attack , fighting
▪ guard
▪ rescue
▪ farm
▪ top ( often figurative )
▪
The team wanted to prove that they were top ~s in the region.
… OF DOGS
▪ pack
VERB + DOG
▪ have , keep , own
▪
The dog's owner was banned from keeping ~s for five years.
▪ breed
▪
These ~s were bred to hunt small animals.
▪ train
▪
He's trained his ~ to sit on the back of his bike.
▪ feed
▪ take for a walk , walk
▪
I'm just going to walk the ~.
▪ pet ( esp. AmE ), stroke ( esp. BrE )
▪ neuter , spay ( esp. AmE )
▪
We didn't want puppies so we had the ~ neutered.
▪ worm
▪
The stray ~s are wormed and treated with flea powder.
▪ muzzle
▪ destroy ( esp. BrE ), put down , put to sleep
▪
A ~ that bit a five-year-old child was later destroyed.
▪
We recently had to put our ~ to sleep.
DOG + VERB
▪ bark , bay , howl , pant , whine
▪
The ~ barked loudly at the stranger.
▪ growl , snarl
▪ yap , yelp
▪
The little ~s were yapping at my ankles.
▪ run , scamper , walk
▪ bound , leap
▪
The ~ bounded up to me and started licking my hand.
▪ roam (sth) , wander (sth)
▪
Stray ~s roamed the streets at night.
▪ attack sb/sth , go for sb/sth ( BrE )
▪
The ~ went for him and bit him twice on the leg.
▪ bite sb/sth , snap
▪ maul sb/sth , savage sb/sth ( esp. BrE )
▪ lick
▪ chew sth , chew sth up , gnaw sth , gnaw at sth
▪
The ~ chewed up one of my shoes.
▪
A ~ was gnawing at an old bone.
▪ sniff
▪
A ~ was sniffing around my heels.
▪ prick up its ears , wag its tail
▪ scratch
▪
The ~ was scratching at the door to be let in.
▪ foul sth ( BrE )
▪
Owners who allow their ~s to foul the footpath will be fined.
DOG + NOUN
▪ basket
▪ biscuit , food
▪ collar
▪ lead ( BrE ), leash ( esp. AmE )
▪ dirt ( BrE ), excrement ( formal ), faeces/feces ( formal ), mess ( BrE ), poo , turd
▪ breeder , handler , lover , owner , trainer , walker
▪ catcher , warden
▪
The ~ warden rounds up stray dogs and takes them to the pound until claimed.
▪ fight
▪ pound
▪ show
▪ racing
▪ track
▪
Races have been held at this ~ track for seventy years.
▪ park ( AmE )
II.
verb
Dog is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ injury