sheepdog

«sheepdog» in Mova's school dictionary: A dog trained to help a farmer move and look after sheep — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a sheepdog, sheepdogs)

meaning for a pupil

1) A dog trained to help a farmer move and look after sheep. tree →

2) A breed of dog often used for this, like the Border Collie or Old English Sheepdog. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday farm life and stories, sheepdogs round up sheep by whistle. In maths, sheepdog trials count sheep and times. Phrases: sheepdog trials, round up.

examples

• The sheepdog rounded up the sheep into the pen. tree →
• The farmer whistled and the sheepdog lay down. tree →
• Border Collies make great sheepdogs. tree →
• We watched sheepdog trials at the show. tree →
• The sheepdog moved 20 sheep in 3 minutes. tree →
• Our neighbour's sheepdog is very clever. tree →

note

Countable; one word. Breeds: Border Collie, Old English Sheepdog, kelpie (Australia).

In the corpora

• Sheepdog trials are real competitions where dog and shepherd move sheep through gates and into a pen.
• Donkeys, llamas and sheepdogs are used to guard flocks, and a guard donkey will chase away foxes and stray dogs.
• Grandad's sheepdog Bess nips Chloe's heels, herding her like a lost lamb, until Grandad whistles her off.
• Herding dogs like sheepdogs may nip at running children's heels from instinct; the owner should call the dog off.

Trees and pragmatics

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