"sheepdog" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-sheepdog.ogg [Australia] Forms: sheepdogs [plural]
Etymology: sheep + dog Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sheep|dog}} sheep + dog Head templates: {{en-noun}} sheepdog (plural sheepdogs)
  1. A breed of dog, used for herding sheep. Categories (lifeform): Dogs
    Sense id: en-sheepdog-en-noun-gkxF086X Disambiguation of Dogs: 24 26 10 19 20
  2. A breed of dog used for guarding sheep. Categories (lifeform): Dogs
    Sense id: en-sheepdog-en-noun-UaQ3Jrw3 Disambiguation of Dogs: 24 26 10 19 20
  3. (slang, dated) A chaperon; an adult who accompanies other people in a supervisory role. Tags: dated, slang
    Sense id: en-sheepdog-en-noun-97DBtM-Y
  4. (US, slang, law enforcement) A police officer. Tags: US, slang Categories (topical): Law enforcement, Law enforcement Categories (lifeform): Dogs, Working dogs
    Sense id: en-sheepdog-en-noun-AV3sVPGj Disambiguation of Law enforcement: 4 4 10 77 6 Disambiguation of Dogs: 24 26 10 19 20 Disambiguation of Working dogs: 19 20 12 28 21 Categories (other): American English, English endocentric compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 12 13 21 41 14 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 32 49 6 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 7 7 21 60 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 8 19 59 6 Topics: government, law-enforcement
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: shepherd dog, sheep dog Derived forms: Dutch sheepdog, Shetland sheepdog Translations (dog used for herding sheep): հովվաշուն (hovvašun) (Armenian), 𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬎𐬱⸱ 𐬵𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀 (pasuš. haᵘruua) (Avestan), çoban iti (Azerbaijani), ovçu iti (Azerbaijani), artzain txakur (Basque), توبات (tûbât) (Chagatai), ki deves [masculine] (Cornish), fårehund [common-gender] (Danish), herdershond [masculine] (Dutch), ŝafhundo (Esperanto), seyðahundur [masculine] (Faroese), lammaskoira (Finnish), chien de berger [masculine] (French), ნაგაზი (nagazi) (Georgian), Schäferhund [masculine] (German), Schäferhündin [feminine] (German), Hirtenhund [masculine] (German), Hirtenhündin [feminine] (German), τσοπανόσκυλο (tsopanóskylo) [neuter] (Greek), juhászkutya (Hungarian), fjárhundur [masculine] (Icelandic), madra caorach [masculine] (Irish), cane da pastore [masculine] (Italian), 牧羊犬 (bokuyōken) (Japanese), төбет (töbet) (Kazakh), Scheperhund [German-Low-German, masculine] (Low German), Schéiferhond [masculine] (Luxembourgish), anjing gembala (Malay), anjing herder (Malay), coo keyrragh [masculine] (Manx), fårehund [common-gender] (Norwegian), چوبان كوپك (chōbān köpäk) (Ottoman Turkish), owczarek [masculine] (Polish), cão-pastor [masculine] (Portuguese), ovelheiro [masculine] (Portuguese), câine ciobănesc [masculine] (Romanian), câine de stână [masculine] (Romanian), овча́рка (ovčárka) [feminine] (Russian), cù-chaorach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ovčar [masculine] (Slovene), perro pastor [masculine] (Spanish), fårhund [common-gender] (Swedish), çoban köpeği (Turkish), вівча́рка (vivčárka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), galedanadog [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), galedanahidog [masculine] (Volapük), galedanajidog [feminine] (Volapük), ci defaid [masculine] (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'dog used for herding sheep': 51 45 2 2

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-sheepdog.ogg [Australia] Forms: sheepdogs [present, singular, third-person], sheepdogging [participle, present], sheepdogged [participle, past], sheepdogged [past]
Etymology: sheep + dog Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sheep|dog}} sheep + dog Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} sheepdog (third-person singular simple present sheepdogs, present participle sheepdogging, simple past and past participle sheepdogged)
  1. To chaperon or shepherd. Categories (lifeform): Dogs
    Sense id: en-sheepdog-en-verb--X0Sk94x Disambiguation of Dogs: 24 26 10 19 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sheep dog

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
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      "word": "chien de berger"
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      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "nagazi",
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      "word": "ნაგაზი"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
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      "word": "Schäferhund"
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      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
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      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tsopanóskylo",
      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
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      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
      "word": "juhászkutya"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
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      "word": "fjárhundur"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
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      "word": "madra caorach"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cane da pastore"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bokuyōken",
      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
      "word": "牧羊犬"
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "töbet",
      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
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      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
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      "word": "Scheperhund"
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      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
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    {
      "_dis1": "51 45 2 2",
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      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
      "word": "anjing gembala"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
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      "word": "cão-pastor"
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      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
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      "word": "perro pastor"
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      "word": "çoban köpeği"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vivčárka",
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      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
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      "word": "galedanadog"
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      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
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      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
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      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
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    },
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
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      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
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      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
      "word": "artzain txakur"
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      "code": "chg",
      "lang": "Chagatai",
      "roman": "tûbât",
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
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      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
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      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "nagazi",
      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
      "word": "ნაგაზი"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
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        "masculine"
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    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
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      ],
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      "lang": "German",
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        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "el",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "τσοπανόσκυλο"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
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      "code": "is",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
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      ],
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
      "word": "牧羊犬"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
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    },
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
      "word": "anjing herder"
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      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "fårehund"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
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      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
      "word": "چوبان كوپك"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "owczarek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cão-pastor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ovelheiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "câine de stână"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cù-chaorach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ovčar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perro pastor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fårhund"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "dog used for herding sheep",
      "word": "çoban köpeği"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вівча́рка"
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      "code": "vo",
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      ],
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    },
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    },
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      "code": "cy",
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