pup
noun (a pup, pups); verb (pup, pups, pupped, pupping — to give birth, for some animals)
Everyday
- A pup is a young dog; a puppy. tree →
- A pup is also the baby of some other animals, such as seals, otters, wolves, foxes, rats and bats. tree →
In the lessons
In science (life cycles and animal babies): seal pups are born on beaches or ice; wolf pups live in a den. In everyday life: «our new pup» means a puppy. Phrases: seal pup, wolf pup, a litter of pups.
Examples
- Our new pup chewed my shoe. tree →
- The seal pup has white fluffy fur. tree →
- The mother wolf fed her pups in the den. tree →
- A litter of six pups was born last night. tree →
- Leave a seal pup alone on the beach — its mother is nearby. tree →
- Otter pups learn to swim from their mothers. tree →
Note
Countable: a pup, pups. A shorter form of «puppy». Baby animal names differ: kitten (cat), calf (cow, whale), cub (bear, lion, fox), pup (dog, seal). Safety: do not touch wild baby animals; the mother may be close.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «pup» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «pup» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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