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Definition of hound noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hound

noun
 
/haʊnd/
 
/haʊnd/
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  1. a dog that can run fast and has a good sense of smell, used for hunting
    • The hounds picked up a scent.
    • In drag hunting, hounds chase an artificial scent.
    • We could hear the hounds barking in the distance.
    see also Afghan hound, bloodhound, foxhound, greyhound, wolfhoundTopics Animalsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • hunting
    … of hounds
    • pack
    hound + verb
    • bark
    • bay
    • pick up the scent
    • …
    phrases
    • ride to hounds
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    Word OriginOld 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’.
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