Complete Definition of "hound"

English

Etymology
OE. hund#Old English|hund < Ger. *hundaz < PIE. *kwntós, a variant of Wiktionary Appendix:Proto-Indo-European roots|*kwon- "dog".

Pronunciation
IPA|/ha�nd/, SAMPA|/haUnd/
audio|en-us-hound.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|a�nd

Noun
en-noun

  1. A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.

Translations
trans-top|a dog
Bulgarian: ����ка (khrŭtka)
Danish: hund
Dutch: jachthond m
Esperanto: hundo
Estonian: hunt
Faroese: hundur
Finnish: ajokoira
Frisian: hûn
French: chien de chasse m
German: Jagdhund m
Hungarian: vadászkutya
Greek: κ�νηγ��κ�λο [cini�ɣo�sci�lo�] n, λαγ�νικ� [la�ɣo�ni�ko�] n
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Icelandic: hundur
Irish: cú#Irish|cú
Italian: bracco m
Norwegian: hund c
Polish: go�czy m, ogar m
Portuguese: cão de caça m
Russian: гон�а� /gón�aja/ f
Spanish: perro de caza m, sabueso m
Swedish: hund
Yiddish: ��נ� (hunt)
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Related terms
bloodhound
greyhound, grayhound
hold with the hare and run with the hounds
hound dog
wolfhound

Verb
en-verb

  1. transitive To persistently harass.

Translations
trans-top|to hound
Bulgarian: изм��вам, �о�моз�
German: belästigen
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