collie

«collie» in Mova's school dictionary: A breed of dog with a long pointed nose and thick fur… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a collie, collies)

meaning for a pupil

1) A breed of dog with a long pointed nose and thick fur, first used in Scotland to herd sheep. tree →

2) Border collie: a very clever working sheepdog, often black and white. tree →

sense in the lessons

In nature and farm life: collies herd sheep by running round them. In stories and films: Lassie is a famous collie. In science: collies are among the cleverest dog breeds.

examples

• The collie rounded up the sheep. tree →
• Our border collie loves to chase balls. tree →
• Collies need lots of exercise. tree →
• Lassie is a famous rough collie. tree →
• The farmer whistled to his collie. tree →
• A collie can learn many commands. tree →
• Now, if you could plough the fields like the ox, or draw a cart like the horse, or look after the sheep like the collie-dog, that would be something.” tree →

note

Plural: collies. Not «colly». Collies may try to herd children or cats because of their instincts.

In the corpora

• A Border collie called Chaser learned the names of over 1,000 toys.
• Some border collies have learned the names of over a thousand toys, but most dogs understand tone of voice more than exact words.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «collie» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.