Definition of guard dog
: a dog that is trained to protect a place : a watchdog
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guard
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: one assigned to protect or oversee another: such as
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: a person or a body of persons on sentinel duty
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: troops attached to the person of the sovereign
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: to protect an edge of with an ornamental border
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: to protect from danger especially by watchful attention : make secure
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: to stand at the entrance of as if on guard or as a barrier
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dog
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: canid
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: a male dog
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: a worthless or contemptible person
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: canine
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: having an inferior or inauthentic quality : spurious
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: to hunt, track, or follow like a hound
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: to worry as if by pursuit with dogs : plague
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: to bother or pester persistently
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: extremely, utterly
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