/ haʊnd; NAmE / noun , verb
■ noun
a dog that can run fast and has a good sense of smell, used for hunting
—see also Afghan hound , bloodhound , foxhound , greyhound , wolfhound
■ verb
[ vn ] to keep following sb and not leave them alone, especially in order to get sth from them or ask them questions
SYN harass :
They were hounded day and night by the press.
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PHRASAL VERBS
- hound sb out (of sth) | hound sb from sth
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WORD ORIGIN
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.