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dag

/dæɡ/

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noun

A hanging end or shred, in particular a long pointed strip of cloth at the edge of a piece of clothing, or one of a row of decorative strips of cloth that may ornament a tent, booth or fairground.

Examples :

"The medieval flag had several long dags hanging from its bottom edge, making it look frayed but also decorative. "

appearance style wear material

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A dangling lock of sheep’s wool matted with dung.

Examples :

"The shepherd carefully trimmed the dag hanging from the sheep's rear to keep the animal clean and healthy. "

animal agriculture biology

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verb

To shear the hindquarters of a sheep in order to remove dags or prevent their formation.

Examples :

"The farmer had to dag the sheep before the summer heat caused problems with cleanliness and flystrike. "

animal agriculture job work process

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verb

To daggle or bemire.

Examples :

"After playing in the muddy garden, the dog's fur began to dag with clumps of wet dirt. "

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noun

Examples :

"The street vendor used a metal dag to hold the pieces of grilled chicken together. "

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A spit, a sharpened rod used for roasting food over a fire.

Examples :

"We roasted marshmallows on a dag over the campfire. "

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A dagger; a poniard.

Examples :

"The pirate captain always kept a sharp dag tucked into his belt. "

weapon military

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A kind of large pistol.

Examples :

"The old pirate brandished a rusty dag, threatening to shoot anyone who came near his buried treasure. "

weapon military

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The unbranched antler of a young deer.

Examples :

"The young buck rubbed its dag against the tree, trying to loosen the velvet. "

animal body part

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verb

To skewer food, for roasting over a fire

Examples :

"Before camping, we will dag the sausages onto sticks to roast them over the campfire. "

food utensil action

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verb

To cut or slash the edge of a garment into dags

Examples :

"The tailor decided to dag the bottom of the tunic, creating a decorative, jagged edge. "

appearance style wear

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interjection

Expressing shock, awe or surprise; used as a general intensifier.

Examples :

"Dag! I can't believe I got an A on that test! "

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One who dresses unfashionably or without apparent care about appearance.

Examples :

"Even though Mark is a brilliant programmer, some people consider him a bit of a dag because he always wears mismatched socks and old, stained t-shirts. "

appearance style person

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noun

A directed acyclic graph; an ordered pair (V, E) such that E is a subset of some partial ordering relation on V.

Examples :

"Before starting the project, the software team carefully mapped out the task dependencies using a DAG to ensure each step was completed in the correct order and no task depended on itself. "

computing math logic structure technical science

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noun

A misty shower; dew.

Examples :

"The early morning dag left beads of moisture on the spiderwebs. "

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verb

To be misty; to drizzle.

Examples :

"The air was dagging, making it difficult to see the school bus clearly from the road. "

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

Examples :

"The dog barked all night long."

animal organism nature biology

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

Examples :

"The wolf, a wild and powerful dag, roamed the snowy forest in search of prey. "

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

Examples :

"The dog show featured a prize-winning dag. "

animal biology nature

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noun

A dull, unattractive girl or woman.

Examples :

"She’s a real dog."

appearance person

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A man (derived from definition 2).

Examples :

""My brother's friend is a real dag; he always helps us with the heavy lifting." "

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noun

Examples :

"Come back and fight, you dogs!"

character person attitude

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Someone who is morally reprehensible.

Examples :

"You dirty dog."

moral person character

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A sexually aggressive man (cf. horny).

sex person human character

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

Examples :

"The carpenter used a dag to hold the wood firmly in place while he sawed it. "

device machine technical

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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)

Examples :

"The toolbox's ratchet wrench uses a dag to prevent the bolt from loosening while I tighten it. "

part machine technical device

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noun

A metal support for logs in a fireplace.

Examples :

"The dogs were too hot to touch."

architecture item utensil

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noun

The eighteenth Lenormand card.

Examples :

"The reader interpreted the "dag" in the spread as a sign of something ending soon. "

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noun

Examples :

"I bought a dag from the street vendor for lunch. "

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noun

Examples :

"Our team was the clear dag in the championship game, but we surprised everyone and won! "

person character society

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noun

(almost always in the plural) Foot.

Examples :

"The small child ran around the garden, his dags pounding on the soft grass. "

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

Examples :

"My dog is dead."

communication technology electronics device word

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

Examples :

"The stablehand carefully spaced the dags around the training track to guide the young colt. "

sport race animal

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

Examples :

"The studio invested millions in the movie, but ultimately it was a complete dag, barely making back its production costs. "

entertainment media

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Meat from a dog eaten as food.

Examples :

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

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Meat prepared to be given to a dog as food.

Examples :

"My grandmother always kept a container of dag in the refrigerator for her old dog, Buster. "

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

Examples :

""After losing the big game because of his mistake, someone shouted at him, 'You're nothing but a dag!'" "

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