hound


Definition: Meaning of, hound in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / haʊnd /

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Singular Plural
hound hounds
[countable]
  1. a dog which is fast and has a good sense of smell, used for hunting
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  2. informal a dog
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
hound hounded hounded
Present Participle Third Person Singular
hounding hounds
[transitive]
  1. to keep following someone and asking them questions in an annoying or threatening way [↪  harass]
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  2. hound somebody out (of/from something) to make things so unpleasant for someone that they are forced to leave a place, job etc [=  drive out]
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hound used in phrases

  • Afghan hound (noun)
    1. tall graceful breed of hound with a long silky coat; native to the Near East
  • Hound of the Baskervilles, The
    1. (1902) a novel by Sir Arthur CONAN DOYLE in which the DETECTIVE Sherlock HOLMES tries to find out who is responsible for killing two people who seem to have been attacked by a large hunting dog, but who have really been murdered
  • Ibizan hound (noun)
    1. breed of slender agile medium-sized hound found chiefly in the Balearic Islands; said to have been bred originally by the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt
  • Plott hound (noun)
    1. a brindle-coated American hound used in hunting bears and wild boars
  • Walker hound (noun)
    1. an American breed of foxhound
  • basset hound (noun)
    1. smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears
  • gazelle hound (noun)
    1. old breed of tall swift keen-eyed hunting dogs resembling greyhounds; from Egypt and southwestern Asia
  • hound dog (noun)
    1. any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears
  • hound's-tongue (noun)
    1. perennial shrub of North America having coarse tongue-shaped leaves and pale-blue to purple flowers
    2. biennial shrub of Europe and western Asia having coarse tongue-shaped leaves and dark reddish-purple flowers
  • nurse hound (noun)
    1. an Atlantic dogfish, genus Scyliorhinus
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