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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HOUND, n. [L. canis.] A generic name of the dog; but in English it is confined to a particular breed or variety, used in the chase. It has long, smooth, pendulous ears.
HOUND, v.t. To set on the chase.
1. To hunt; to chase.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears [syn: hound, hound dog]
2: someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog" [syn: cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound, heel] v
1: pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him" [syn: hound, hunt, trace]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hund; akin to Old High German hunt dog, Latin canis, Greek ky?n Date: before 12th century 1. a. dog b. a dog of any of numerous hunting breeds including both scent hounds (as the bloodhound and beagle) and sight hounds (as the greyhound and Afghan hound) 2. a mean or despicable person 3. dogfish 4. a person who pursues like a hound; especially one who avidly seeks or collects something <autograph hounds> II. transitive verb Date: 1528 1. to pursue with or as if with hounds 2. to drive or affect by persistent harassing Synonyms: see bait • hounder noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a a dog used for hunting, esp. one able to track by scent. b (the hounds) Brit. a pack of foxhounds. 2 colloq. a despicable man. 3 a runner who follows a trail in hare and hounds. 4 a person keen in pursuit of something (usu. in comb.: news-hound). --v.tr. 1 harass or pursue relentlessly. 2 chase or pursue with a hound. 3 (foll. by at) set (a dog or person) on (a quarry). 4 urge on or nag (a person). Phrases and idioms: hound's tongue Bot. a tall plant, Cynoglossum officinale, with tongue-shaped leaves. hound's-tooth a check pattern with notched corners suggestive of a canine tooth. ride to hounds go fox-hunting on horseback. Derivatives: hounder n. houndish adj. Etymology: OE hund f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(hounds, hounding, hounded) 1. A hound is a type of dog that is often used for hunting or racing. N-COUNT 2. If someone hounds you, they constantly disturb or speak to you in an annoying or upsetting way. Newcomers are constantly hounding them for advice... VERB: V n 3. If someone is hounded out of a job or place, they are forced to leave it, often because other people are constantly criticizing them. There is a general view around that he has been hounded out of office by the press. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed out of/from n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. Dog (for the chase), hunting-dog. II. v. a. 1. Incite, urge, spur, set on, urge on, spur on. 2. Hunt, pursue, chase. 3. Hunt hard, pursue cruelly, harass, harry, drive to bay.

Moby Thesaurus

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