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hound noun /haʊnd/ /haʊnd/ jump to other results - a dog that can run fast and has a good sense of smell, used for hunting
- The hounds picked up the scent of the fox.
- In drag hunting, hounds chase an artificial scent.
- We could hear the hounds barking at the fox.
see also Afghan hound, bloodhound, foxhound, greyhound, wolfhoundTopics Animalsc2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective… of houndshound + verb- bark
- bay
- pick up the scent
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phrasesSee full entry Word OriginOld English hund (in the general sense ‘dog’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hond and German Hund, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek kuōn, kun- ‘dog’.
hound verb /haʊnd/ /haʊnd/ Phrasal Verbs jump to other results - hound somebody to keep following somebody and not leave them alone, especially in order to get something from them or ask them questions synonym harass
- They were hounded day and night by the press.
- The travellers say the police are hounding them.
Extra Examples- His family accused the media of hounding him to death.
- She was continually hounded by her fans.
- I'm constantly being hounded for autographs.
- The star claims he is being hounded by an obsessed fan.
Word OriginOld English hund (in the general sense ‘dog’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hond and German Hund, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek kuōn, kun- ‘dog’.
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