hound
Meaning of hound
noun
- a dog of a breed used for hunting, especially one able to track by scent.
a hound came running through the trees, nose to the ground
- used in names of dogfishes, e.g. nurse hound, smooth hound.
- harass, persecute, or pursue relentlessly.
she was hounded by the Italian press
his opponents used the allegations to hound him out of office
Old 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’.
Information about hound
- The plural form of hound is: hounds.
- Languages in which hound is used:
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Hyphenation of hound
hound
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- hound is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
hound synonyms
Meaning cad:
cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, heel
Meaning hunt:
Meaning a dog:
Meaning a dog of no definable type or breed:
Meaning an aggressive or unkempt dog, especially a mongrel:
Meaning a child's word for a dog:
Meaning a dog, especially a mongrel:
Meaning a person who is stupid or who has learning difficulties:
Meaning subject to aggressive pressure or intimidation:
Meaning harass or annoy (someone) persistently:
Meaning persistently harass:
Meaning trouble or annoy (someone) with frequent or persistent requests or interruptions:
Meaning cause trouble or annoyance to (someone) by interrupting or otherwise inconveniencing them:
Meaning cause distress or anxiety to:
Meaning make (someone) a little angry; irritate:
Meaning repeatedly ask (someone) to do something; pester:
Meaning cause to experience severe mental or physical suffering:
Meaning (of something bad) cause great and continual trouble to:
Meaning harass (someone) constantly to do something that they are averse to:
Meaning seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable):
Meaning intimidate (someone), typically into doing something, with stern or abusive words:
Meaning tell (someone) repeatedly to do something:
Meaning harass; pester:
Meaning conceal a miniature microphone in (a room or device) in order to listen to or record someone's conversations secretly:
Meaning act as a junior assistant for a barrister or other professional:
Meaning sit on and control the movement of (an animal, typically a horse):
Meaning of great weight; difficult to lift or move:
Meaning make a way through or into by physical strength; break open by force:
Meaning operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle:
Meaning attempt to persuade or coerce (someone) into doing something:
Meaning drive or push something forwards:
Meaning exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself:
Meaning try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something:
Meaning persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats:
Meaning drive, force, or urge (someone) to do something:
Meaning coerce (someone) into doing something:
Meaning clear (ground) or destroy (buildings, trees, etc.) with a bulldozer:
Meaning rush or coerce (someone) into doing something:
Meaning (with reference to an object, especially a ball) move quickly up, back, or away from a surface after hitting it:
Meaning pressure someone into doing something:
Meaning follow or chase (someone or something):
Meaning pursue in order to catch or catch up with:
Meaning go after (someone) in order to observe or monitor them:
Meaning envelop in shadow; cast a shadow over:
Meaning the main stem of a herbaceous plant:
Meaning follow the trail or movements of (someone or something), typically in order to find them or note their course:
Meaning follow (a person or animal) by using marks or scent left behind:
Meaning follow:
Words that rhyme with hound
Bound, abound, airbound, barkbound, bound, brassbound, browbound, calfbound, casebound, chairbound, clothbound, coabound, creedbound, cropbound, deskbound, disbound, downbound, earthbound, eastbound, embound, fogbound, frostbound, handbound, hardbound, hidebound, homebound, hoofbound, housebound, icebound, inbound, ironbound, mawbound, mibound, misbound, musclebound, northbound, outbound, outrebound, overabound, overbound, paperbound, potbound, prebound, rainbound, rbound, rebound, rockbound, rootbound, seabound, shellbound
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