Pyrenäenberghund

Phonetic: "/ɡɹeɪt/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.

Example: Newton and Einstein are two of the greats of the history of science.

Definition: The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division.

Definition: (in combinations such as "two-greats", "three-greats" etc.) An instance of the word "great" signifying an additional generation in phrases expressing family relationships.

Example: My three-greats grandmother.

Phonetic: "/ɡɹeɪt/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Relatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i.e. having many parts or members) or duration (i.e. relatively long); very big.

Example: A great storm is approaching our shores.

Definition: Of larger size or more importance than others of its kind.

Example: the great auk

Definition: (qualifying nouns of family relationship) Involving more generations than the qualified word implies — as many extra generations as repetitions of the word great (from 1510s). [see Derived terms]

Example: great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, great-great-great-grandfather

Definition: (followed by 'with') Pregnant; large with young; full of.

Example: great with child

Definition: (except with 'friend' and similar words such as 'mate','buddy') Intimate; familiar.

Definition: Extreme or more than usual.

Example: great worry

Definition: Of significant importance or consequence; important.

Example: a great decision

Definition: (applied to actions, thoughts and feelings) Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; superior; commanding; heroic; illustrious; eminent.

Example: a great deed

Definition: Impressive or striking.

Example: a great show of wealth

Definition: Much in use; favoured.

Example: Poetry was a great convention of the Romantic era.

Definition: (applied to persons) Endowed with extraordinary powers; of exceptional talents or achievements; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; remarkable; strong; powerful; mighty; noble.

Example: a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, writer etc.

Definition: Title referring to an important leader.

Example: Alexander the Great

Definition: Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic.

Example: He's not a great one for reading.

Definition: (often followed by 'at') Skilful or adroit.

Example: You are great at singing.

Definition: Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic (from 1848).

Example: Dinner was great.

Definition: Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths.

Example: Great Scott!

Phonetic: "/ɡɹeɪt/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: Very well (in a very satisfactory manner).

Example: Those mechanical colored pencils work great because they don't have to be sharpened.

Phonetic: "/ɡɹeɪt/"

Part Of Speech: interjection

Definition: Expression of gladness and content about something.

Example: Great! Thanks for the wonderful work.

Definition: Sarcastic inversion thereof.

Example: Oh, great! I just dumped all 500 sheets of the manuscript all over and now I have to put them back in order.

Phonetic: "/dɑɡ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A mammal, Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris, that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding.

Example: The dog barked all night long.

Definition: Any member of the Family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, foxes, and their relatives (extant and extinct); canid.

Definition: A male dog, wolf or fox, as opposed to a bitch or vixen.

Definition: A dull, unattractive girl or woman.

Example: She’s a real dog.

Definition: A man (derived from definition 2).

Example: He's a silly dog.

Definition: A coward.

Example: Come back and fight, you dogs!

Definition: Someone who is morally reprehensible.

Example: You dirty dog.

Definition: A sexually aggressive man (cf. horny).

Definition: Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection.

Definition: A click or pallet adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet-wheel, to restrain the back action; a click or pawl. (See also: ratchet, windlass)

Definition: A metal support for logs in a fireplace.

Example: The dogs were too hot to touch.

Definition: The eighteenth Lenormand card.

Definition: A hot dog.

Definition: Underdog.

Definition: (almost always in the plural) Foot.

Definition: (from "dog and bone") Phone or mobile phone.

Example: My dog is dead.

Definition: One of the cones used to divide up a racetrack when training horses.

Definition: A flop; a film that performs poorly at the box office.

Phonetic: "/dɑɡ/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To pursue with the intent to catch.

Definition: To follow in an annoying or harassing way.

Example: The woman cursed him so that trouble would dog his every step.

Definition: To fasten a hatch securely.

Example: It is very important to dog down these hatches...

Definition: To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place.

Example: I admit that I like to dog at my local country park.

Definition: To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.

Example: A surprise inspection of the night shift found that some workers were dogging it.

Definition: To criticize.

Definition: To divide (a watch) with a comrade.

Phonetic: "/dɑɡ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: Meat from a dog eaten as food.

Example: We visited South Korea this time around, where we ate dog meat for the first time.

Definition: Meat prepared to be given to a dog as food.

Definition: An insult intended to assert hyperbolically that another person has value only as a corpse to be fed to a dog.

Example: Did you just step on my blue suede shoes? You're dog meat now!