hound

C2+ Topic:Animals

Also spelled houn

US /haʊnd/ UK /haʊnd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a hunting dog; also, to pursue or harass relentlessly

Reporters continued to hound the actor for a statement.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a hunting dog; also, to... dogharrierpursue harass persecute badger chase hunt

Word family

Derived forms hounder

Related forms dachshund greyhound

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Phrases (1)

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basset hound
a breed of dog with a long body, short legs, and long ears

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Old English hund ('dog'), from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱuntós, from *ḱwṓ ('dog'). The narrowing to 'hunting dog' developed in Middle English.

hund Old English *hundaz Proto-Germanic *ḱwṓ Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Animals

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# hound

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /haʊnd/
**IPA (UK):** /haʊnd/

## Meanings
1. a hunting dog; also, to pursue or harass relentlessly

## Examples
- Reporters continued to hound the actor for a statement.

## Synonyms
- dog
- harrier
- pursue
- harass
- persecute
- badger
- chase
- hunt

## Derived Forms
- hounder

## Related Forms
- dachshund
- greyhound

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: hund
- Root: *hundaz
- Root: *ḱwṓ

## Etymology
From Old English hund ('dog'), from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱuntós, from *ḱwṓ ('dog'). The narrowing to 'hunting dog' developed in Middle English.

## AI Etymology
Hound is from Old English hund ('dog'), from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱuntós, from *ḱwṓ ('dog'). The narrowing to 'hunting dog' developed in Middle English. Important recorded forms include hund (Old English), *hundaz (Proto-Germanic), and *ḱwṓ (Proto-Indo-European). The current sense covers a hunting dog; also, to pursue or harass relentlessly. The wider family includes derived forms such as hounder and related words such as dachshund and greyhound.

## Topics
- Animals

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