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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
hound
I.noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A gangling mixed breed of Labradors and mongrel hounds and terriers.
▪ After a mile or two they passed an old farmer and asked him if he had seen Sir Hugo and the hounds.
▪ Hark! her hounds are baying through the town.
▪ I have been informed that this once happened, with the death of a number of hounds.
▪ Soon after, came the hounds.
▪ The carcass is then pulled apart, but that is a natural thing for hounds to do.
II.verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ She had been hounded by her ex-boyfriend for months.
▪ The couple found themselves hounded by photographers as they left the church.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And now that Soo-Il no longer enjoyed the power of his office, creditors were not afraid to hound him.
▪ BBut Porter was hounded by death threats from the moment he took office.
▪ Boorda would have been hounded by questions from reporters.
▪ Indeed, some expect Clinton to be hounded even after he leaves office.
▪ Nehru was also hounded by part of the press led by the Daily Express, almost to the day of his death.
▪ There the Dark Elves had been demoralised by the Witch King's defeat and hounded relentlessly by guerilla forces.
▪ You really think it's the police who've been hounding us?
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hound

Hound \Hound\, n. [OE. hound, hund, dog, AS. hund; akin to OS. & OFries. hund, D. hond, G. hund, OHG. hunt, Icel. hundr, Dan. & Sw. hund, Goth. hunds, and prob. to Lith. sz?, Ir. & Gael. cu, L. canis, Gr. ?, ?, Skr. [,c]van. [root]229. Cf. Canine, Cynic, Kennel.]

  1. (Zo["o]l.) 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.

    Hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs.
    --Shak.

  2. A despicable person. ``Boy! false hound!''
    --Shak.

  3. (Zo["o]l.) A houndfish.

  4. pl. (Naut.) Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on.

  5. A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.

    To follow the hounds, to hunt with hounds.

Hound

Hound \Hound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Hounding.]

  1. To set on the chase; to incite to pursuit; as, to hounda dog at a hare; to hound on pursuers.
    --Abp. Bramhall.

  2. To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds.
    --L'Estrange.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
hound

Old English hund "dog," from Proto-Germanic *hundas (cognates: Old Saxon and Old Frisian hund, Old High German hunt, German Hund, Old Norse hundr, Gothic hunds), from PIE *kuntos, dental enlargement of root *kwon- "dog" (see canine). Meaning narrowed 12c. to "dog used for hunting."

hound

"hunt with hounds," 1520s, from hound (v.). Sense of "pursue relentlessly" is first recorded c.1600. Related: Hounded; hounding.

Wiktionary
hound

n. 1 A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals. (hunt hound, hunting hound, hunting dog, hunter) 2 (context by extension English) Someone who seeks something. 3 (context by extension English) A male who constantly seeks the company of receptive females. 4 A despicable person. 5 A houndfish. 6 (context nautical in the plural English) Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on. 7 A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle. vb. (context transitive English) To persistently harass.

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WordNet
hound

  1. n. any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears [syn: hound dog]

  2. someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog" [syn: cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, heel]

hound

v. pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found the him" [syn: hunt, trace]

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Wikipedia
Hound

"Hound" is a synonym for " dog", also used in a more specific sense to refer to a type of dog used by hunters to track or chase prey.

Hound (Transformers)

Hound is the name of several fictional characters from the Transformers franchise. He is sometimes referred to as Autobot Hound for trademark purposes.

Hound (disambiguation)

A hound is a type of dog that assists hunters by tracking or chasing the animal being hunted. Other uses include:

  • Hound (Transformers), a fictional character from the various Transformers universes
  • Hound, Hampshire, a village in the Borough of Eastleigh, UK
  • Hounds (TV series), a 2012 television comedy series set around greyhound racing in Auckland, New Zealand
  • Hound, a virtual assistant app developes by SoundHound Inc.

Hound could also refer to:

  • Hound & Horn, a literary quarterly founded by Harvard undergraduates Lincoln Kirstein and Varian Fry in 1927
  • HMS Hound, a name given to fifteen ships of the Royal Navy
  • The Danish ship Trost, also known as the Hunden ("Hound")
  • Hounds (comics), the name given to several groups of mutant characters from Marvel Comics
  • De Havilland Hound, a 1920s British two-seat day bomber built by De Havilland Aircraft Company at Stag Lane Aerodrome
  • The Hounds, a rock band from the late 1970s who released an album called "Puttin' On The Dog"
  • Sherlock Hound, an anime television series based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes series where almost all the characters are depicted as anthropomorphic dogs
  • Hound fitting, a component for rigging a sailboat, used to fasten the forestay to the mast instead of using a masthead block
  • Sandor Clegane, a fictional character on HBO's fantasy television show Game of Thrones
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Usage examples of "hound".

My nurse said the Alaunt were a pack of enchanted hounds who hunted down humans.

After all, the Alaunt were hunting hounds and their master had wielded the Wolven.

Belial introduced Magariz to Azhure, then all were interrupted by the sound of barking, and they turned to watch the Alaunt hounds pacing solemnly across the bridge.

She was more noted for her skill at archery and the constant shadows of three or more of the Alaunt hounds at her heels.

Two of the other Alaunt hounds joined her, but she waved the rest back.

Five of the Alaunt hounds were stretched out in front of Azhure, soaking up the warmth of the fire.

The white hound might not have been quite as large as a bear, but Alec was not about to argue the point.

Jacob Ascher happens to be president of the Jewish Council of Berne, a rich man who hounds all the legations for refugee visas.

They that are bitten of a wood hound have in their sleep dreadful sights, and are fearful, astonied, and wroth without cause.

The others maintained an unhurried canter to allow the grooms, who were on foot leading the hounds, and the austringers, who were carrying the smaller hawks on their square frames, to keep pace with them.

We do not hear you avouch your own knowledge of this matter, further than your belief resting upon the demeanour of this hound towards the Marquis of Montserrat.

Once Cormac had blown through his nostrils like a tracking hound, Samaire and Bas did the same.

It was in vain that Biche, his favorite hound, raised herself up and drew near to him.

It was Bosco, the mighty hound, unleashed by Dortha, the huge servant whose absence Dr.

The sound was the fateful voice of Bosco, the great hound, raised in a distant cry that started as a yelp and turned into a bay.