sheepdog
sheepdog noun: any of various breeds of dog used for herding sheep; an individual of such a breed.
Noun
sheepdog (plural sheepdogs)
- Any of various breeds of dog used for herding sheep; an individual of such a breed.
- Synonyms:
- shepherd dog
- Any of various breeds of dog used for guarding sheep; an individual of such a breed.
- A chaperon; an adult who accompanies other people in a supervisory role.
- A police officer.
Verb
sheepdog (third-person singular simple present sheepdogs, present participle sheepdogging, simple past and past participle sheepdogged)
- To chaperon or shepherd.
- Given the vivacious young redhead's attractiveness, some might have assumed he had more than simply professional reasons for sheepdogging her career, but they would have been wrong. He'd seen something in her ...1999, David Weber, Echoes of Honor, Baen Publishing Enterprises, →ISBN
- On June 14, with Kennedy personally sheepdogging it, the No Child Left Behind Act passed the Senate ninety-one to eight.2009, Carl M. Cannon, Lou Dubose, Jan Reid, Boy Genius: Karl Rove, the Architect of George W. Bush's Remarkable Political Triumphs, PublicAffairs, →ISBN
sheepdog meaning in Tamil, Malay and Vietnamese
sheepdog in Tamil
- மந்தை நாய்
sheepdog in Malay
- dog used for herding sheep
- anjing gembala, anjing herder
sheepdog in Vietnamese
- dog used for herding sheep
- chó chăn cừu
Synonyms of sheepdog
Forms of sheepdog
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sheepdogs |
| alternative form | sheep dog |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | sheepdogs |
| present participle | sheepdogging |
| past participle | sheepdogged |
| past | sheepdogged |
Origin of sheepdog
From sheep + dog.
Words formed from sheepdog
- Abruzzese Sheepdog
- Catalan Sheepdog
- Croatian Sheepdog
- Cumberland Sheepdog
- Dutch Sheepdog
- Gaucho Sheepdog
- Himalayan Sheepdog
- Icelandic Sheepdog
- Maremmano-Abruzzese Sheepdog
- Maremma Sheepdog
- Old English Sheepdog
- Patagonian Sheepdog
- Polish Lowland Sheepdog
- Polish Tatra Sheepdog
- Portuguese Sheepdog
- sheepadoodle
- Shetland Sheepdog
- Shirak Sheepdog
- Vikhan Sheepdog
- Welsh Sheepdog
Phrases with sheepdog
Questions about sheepdog
- What does sheepdog mean?
- Sheepdog means any of various breeds of dog used for herding sheep; an individual of such a breed.
- What is sheepdog in Tamil?
- Sheepdog in Tamil is மந்தை நாய். See Sheepdog meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sheepdog?
- Sheepdog can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of sheepdog?
- The plural of sheepdog is sheepdogs.
Words near sheepdog in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sheepdog (page history and authors); sheepdog (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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