n.
1) to breed; keep ~s
2) to walk a ~ (on a leash)
3) to muzzle a ~
4) to curb one's ~
5) a mad, rabid; stray; vicious; wild ~
6) a bird ( AE ), gun ( BE ); Eskimo; guard ( BE ); guide, seeing-eye; hunting; pet; police; sheep; toy ~; watch~; working ~
7) ~s bark; bite; growl; salivate; snap; snarl; whine; yelp
8) a pack of (wild) ~s
9) a young ~ is a puppy
10) a female ~ is a bitch
11) ( misc. ) a lucky ~ ('a lucky person'); a running ~ ('a lackey'); a ~'s life ('a wretched existence'); to work like a ~ ('to work very hard')
USAGE NOTE: In CE a police ~ is one used by the police; in AE it can also mean a breed of ~ called a German shepherd in AE and an Alsatian in BE .