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Definition: Sheep Dog |
Sheep DogNoun1. Any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Sheep DogSynonyms: sheepdog (n), shepherd dog (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
There are several types of sheep dog, including:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sheep dog."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Animal | Dog, hound; pup, puppy; whelp, cur, mongrel; house dog, watch dog, sheep dog, shepherd's dog, sporting dog, fancy dog, lap dog, toy dog, bull dog, badger dog; mastiff; blood hound, grey hound, stag hound, deer hound, fox hound, otter hound; harrier, beagle, spaniel, pointer, setter, retriever; Newfoundland; water dog, water spaniel; pug, poodle; turnspit; terrier; fox terrier, Skye terrier; Dandie Dinmont; collie. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Movie/TV Titles | Sheep Dog (1949) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Cordova (vicinity), Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Blas Sanchez's sheep dog. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Expression using "sheep dog": Shetland sheep dog. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sheep dog | 134 |
old english sheep dog | 117 |
shetland sheep dog | 69 |
sheep dog and wolf | 12 |
sheep dog picture | 9 |
old english sheep dog for sale | 6 |
old english sheep dog rescue | 5 |
training the sheep dog | 4 |
shetland sheep dog breeders | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sheep dog"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | qen stani. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ovèák (Shepherd). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | chien-berger, chien de berger (sheepdog). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schäferhund (alsatian, german shepherd, sheepdog). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τσοπανόσκυλο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | כלב "צאן (collie), כלב רועים. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | juhászkutya (shepherd dog). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cummeydagh (able, competent, inventive, old Manx sheep dog, powerful, schemer, well-shaped). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eepshay ogday овчарка (sheepdog, sheep-dog). (various references) ovčar (sheepdog). (various references) perro pastor. (various references) fårhund. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: sheepdog. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-g-h-o-p-s" | |
-2 letters: depose, ephods, epodes, geodes, hedges, speedo. | |
-3 letters: deeps, doges, dopes, edges, ephod, epode, geode, ghees, hedge, heeds, hoped, hopes, hosed, ogees, pedes, posed, sedge, sheep, shoed, speed, spode. | |
-4 letters: deep, dees, does, doge, dogs, dope, dose, edge, edhs, egos, epos, geds, geed, gees, ghee, gods, goes, gosh, heed, hods, hoed, hoes, hogs, hope. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-g-h-o-p-s" | |
+1 letter: hedgehops, sheepdogs. | |
+2 letters: diphosgene. | |
+3 letters: diphosgenes, hodgepodges. | |
+4 letters: demographers, demographies, hedgehoppers, ideographies. | |
+5 letters: stereographed, videographers, videographies. | |
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