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- DictionaryHound/hound/
noun
- 1. a dog of a breed used for hunting, especially one able to track by scent.
verb
- 1. harass, persecute, or pursue relentlessly: "his opponents used the allegations to hound him out of office"
to chase someone or to refuse to leave someone alone, especially because you want to get something from them: The reporters wouldn't stop hounding her. Synonym. harass. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Causing feelings of anger and displeasure. aggravate. aggrieve. alienate. anger. annoy. bend. go too far idiom. goat. grate.
1. a. : dog. b. : a dog of any of numerous hunting breeds including both scent hounds (such as the bloodhound and beagle) and sight hounds (such as the greyhound and Afghan hound) 2. : a mean or despicable person. 3. : dogfish.
to chase someone or to refuse to leave someone alone, especially because you want to get something from them: The reporters wouldn't stop hounding her. Synonym. harass. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Causing feelings of anger and displeasure. aggravate. aggrieve. alienate. anger. annoy. bend. go too far idiom. goat. grate.
n. 1. a. A domestic dog of any of various breeds commonly used for hunting, characteristically having drooping ears, a short coat, and a deep resonant voice. b. A dog. 2. A contemptible person; a scoundrel. 3. a. One who eagerly pursues something: a gossip hound. b. A devotee or an enthusiast: a coffee hound. tr.v. hound·ed, hound·ing, hounds. 1.
to chase someone or refuse to leave someone alone, esp. because you want to get something from that person: Socialists were hounded by the FBI in the 1950s. (Definition of hound from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
verb. /haʊnd/ Verb Forms. Phrasal Verbs. hound somebody to keep following somebody and not leave them alone, especially in order to get something from them or ask them questions synonym harass. They were hounded day and night by the press. The travellers say the police are hounding them. Extra Examples. Word Origin.
verb. Simple past tense and past participle of hound. Wiktionary. Synonyms: badgered. bedevilled. beleaguered. beset. besieged. importuned. pestered. plagued. solicited. harassed. harried. bullyragged. hectored. heckled. taunted. Hounded Sentence Examples. It is hounded on the N.E.
