Hound
[haʊnd]
Definition
(noun.) any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears.
(verb.) pursue or chase relentlessly; 'The hunters traced the deer into the woods'; 'the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him'.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) A despicable person.
(n.) A houndfish.
(n.) Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on.
(n.) A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.
(v. t.) To set on the chase; to incite to pursuit; as, to hounda dog at a hare; to hound on pursuers.
(v. t.) To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Dog (for the chase), hunting dog.
v. a. [1]. Incite, urge, spur, set on, urge on, spur on.[2]. Hunt, pursue, chase.
Editor: Tod
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Pursue, hunt, prosecute
ANT:Liberate, discard, abandon, spare, House,[See ABODE], Hubbub,[See BABBLE]
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Definition
n. a dog used in hunting: a cur: a caitiff.—v.t. to set on in chase: to hunt: to urge pursue harass (with on).—ns. Hound′fish same as Dogfish; Hounds′-berr′y the common dogwood; Hound's′-tongue a plant so called from the shape of its leaves.—Gabriel hounds a popular name for the noise made by distant curlews ascribed to damned souls whipped on by the angel Gabriel; Master of hounds the master of a pack of hounds.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of hounds on a hunt, denotes coming delights and pleasant changes. For a woman to dream of hounds, she will love a man below her in station. To dream that hounds are following her, she will have many admirers, but there will be no real love felt for her. See Dogs.
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Examples
- Pompey is the pride of the local draghounds--no very great flier, as his build will show, but a staunch hound on a scent. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Am I your hound that you should talk to me in this way? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- His war-horse--his hunting hound, are dearer to him than the despised Jewess! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Would he believe that I was both imp and hound in treacherous earnest, and had betrayed him? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Take that, you hound--and that! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I was not such a selfish hound as that. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Stop, you white-livered hound! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- But the greatest day of all was that on which Sir Huddlestone Fuddlestone's hounds met upon the lawn at Queen's Crawley. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He looked quickly at Andr?Marty, who stared back at him like an old boar which has been brought to bay by hounds. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He's a free, pleasant gentleman as ever lived--rides to the hounds, keeps his pointers and all that. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I am a plain British merchant I am, and could buy the beggarly hounds over and over. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- If my son's work-people strike, I will only say they are a pack of ungrateful hounds. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- He rode to hounds in a pepper-and-salt frock, and was one of the best fishermen in the county. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Do men catch a wise stag without hounds? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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