Great Dane


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Great Dane

n.
A dog of a breed developed in northern Europe to hunt boars, having a tall muscular body, a narrow head, and a short smooth coat.
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Great Dane

n
(Breeds) one of a very large powerful yet graceful breed of dog with a short smooth coat
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Great′ Dane′


n.
one of a breed of very large, powerful shorthaired dogs with a long, square muzzle.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.Great Dane - very large powerful smooth-coated breed of dogGreat Dane - very large powerful smooth-coated breed of dog
working dog - any of several breeds of usually large powerful dogs bred to work as draft animals and guard and guide dogs
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Translations
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dänische DoggeDeutsche Dogge
alano alemándogo alemándogo danésgran danés
dogue allemand
דני ענק
グレート・デーン
vokiečių dogas
dinamarquêsdogue alemãogigante dinamarquês
大丹狗
References in classic literature ?
As they came nearer a dozen dogs ran barking toward them-- gaunt wolf hounds, a huge great Dane, a nimble-footed collie and a number of yapping, quarrelsome fox terriers.
Potter is the great Dane. He is privileged, all over the post, like Shekels, the Seventh Cavalry's dog, and visits everybody's quarters and picks up everything that is going, in the way of news.
Two instances of the word "dog" are much more alike than (say) a pug and a great dane; hence the word "dog" makes it much easier to think about dogs in general.
"Remember Captain Roberts and his great Danes. They weren't pure- breds, though.
Truck Enterprises Group, a company of Texas, US-based Leslie Doggett Industries, has acquired the El Paso, Laredo and McAllen/Pharr, Texas distributor/dealer for Georgia, US-based Great Dane Trailer, the company said.
M2 EQUITYBITES-August 9, 2019-Leslie Doggett Industries Acquires Great Dane Trailer Distributor Through Truck Enterprises
Great Dane Airlines (GDE, Aalborg) has acquired two E195s from Stobart Air (RE, Dublin Int'l) ahead of the launch of flights operations next month.
Denmark-based Great Dane Airlines has announced it will operate a weekly flight between Aalborg, Denmark, and Nice Cote d'Azur airport between June 26 and September 4, the company said.
A South Carolina animal shelter has rescued a starved Great Dane dog that was forced to chew off his own foot to survive.
A GREAT Dane which came to fame across the world for its immense size has died.