greyhound

«greyhound» in Mova's school dictionary: a tall, thin dog with long legs that can run very fast… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a greyhound, greyhounds)

meaning for a pupil

1) A greyhound is a tall, thin dog with long legs that can run very fast, used for racing and hunting and kept as a gentle pet. tree →

2) (US) Greyhound is the name of a well-known long-distance bus company. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, greyhounds are famous as the fastest dog breed. In everyday life, many retired racing greyhounds are adopted as calm pets. Phrases: «greyhound racing», «rescue greyhound».

examples

• A greyhound can run as fast as a car in town. tree →
• Our rescue greyhound loves sleeping on the sofa. tree →
• Greyhound racing is popular in Ireland and Australia. tree →
• The greyhound chased a toy rabbit around the track. tree →
• Greyhounds are gentle and quiet dogs. tree →
• They travelled across America on a Greyhound bus. tree →
• Then the son changed himself into a greyhound, and ran down the fox and killed it. tree →

note

Spelt greyhound everywhere, even in the US (not «grayhound»). Greyhounds are not always grey. They can reach about 70 kilometres per hour.

In the corpora

• Lily's new neighbour has a greyhound called Ghost, an ex-racing dog who never lived in a house before.
• Ex-racing greyhounds often have never lived in a house and need time to learn that a home is safe.
• The greyhound; the he-goat also; and the king, against whom there is no rising up.

Trees and pragmatics

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