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Definition of 'hound'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) hound
any of several breeds of dogs that pursue game either by sight or scent, esp. one having a long face and large drooping ears.

2.  hound
any dog.

3.  hound
a mean, contemptible person.

4.  hound
a devotee:
an autograph hound.

5. (v.t.) hound
to hunt or track with hounds.

6.  hound
to annoy or persecute relentlessly.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME h(o)und, OE hund, c. OFris, OS hund, OHG hunt, ON hundr, Go hunds; akin to L canis, Gk kýōn, Skt śván)

Definition of 'hound'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) hound, hound dog
any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears

2. (verb) cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound, heel
someone who is morally reprehensible
"you dirty dog"

3. (verb) hound, hunt, trace
pursue or chase relentlessly
"The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"

Definition of 'hound'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) hound
a variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but also used for various breeds of fleet hunting dogs, as the greyhound, boarhound, etc

2. (noun) hound
a despicable person

3. (noun) hound
a houndfish

4. (noun) hound
projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on

5. (noun) hound
a side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle

6. (verb) hound
to set on the chase; to incite to pursuit; as, to hounda dog at a hare; to hound on pursuers

7. (verb) hound
to hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds

Translation of 'hound'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a hunting-dog The fox threw the hounds off the scent and escaped.
Afrikaans: jaghond	Arabic: كَلْب صَيْد	Bulgarian: ловджийско куче
Brazilian: galgo	Czech: lovecký pes	German: der Jagdhund
Danish: jagthund	Greek: κυνηγόσκυλο, λαγωνικό	Spanish: perro de caza
Estonian: hagijas	Farsi: سگ شكاري	Finnish: ajokoira
French: chien (de mente)	Hebrew: כֶּלֶב צַיִד	Hindi: शिकारी कुत्ता
Croatian: lovacki pas	Hungarian: vadászkutya	Indonesian: anjing pemburu
Icelandic: veiðihundur	Italian: cane (da caccia)	Japanese: 猟犬
Korean: 사냥개	Lithuanian: skalikas	Latvian: medību suns
Malay: anjing pemburu	Dutch: jachthond	Norwegian: jakthund
Polish: ogar	Persian: سگ شكاري	Pashto: ښکاری سپی
Portuguese: galgo	Romanian: câine de vânătoare	Russian: охотничья собака
Slovak: lovecký pes	Slovenian: lovski pes	Serbian: lovački pas
Swedish: [jakt]hund	Thai: สุนัขไล่เนื้อ	Turkish: av köpeği, tazı
Taiwanese: 獵犬	Ukrainian: мисливський собака, гонча	Urdu: شکاری کتا
Vietnamese: chó săn	Chinese: 猎狗
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