hound
Speech parts
1. hound - Noun
2. hound - Verb
3. Hound - Proper noun
Meaning
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.
Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on.
A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.
To set on the chase; to incite to pursuit; as, to hounda dog at a hare; to hound on pursuers.
To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds.
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It is nought good a sleping hound to wake.
Certes, they been lye to hounds, for an hound when he cometh by the roses, or by other bushes, though he may nat pisse, yet wole he heve up his leg and make a countenance to pisse.
Years ago the public used to hound me but now I can go shopping in peace.
Autumn days come quickly like the running of a hound on the moor.
As the big hound is, so will the pup be.
Nature will come through the claws, and the hound will follow the hare.