hound
A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animalsA dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.
» Why is Tom hounding me?
Почему Том преследует меня?
Meaning
8 sensesA dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.
The hounds were baying a fox.
Hund, Jagdhund
го́нчаяgónčaja, охо́тничья соба́каoxótničʹja sobáka
гонча́кhončák, го́нчий собакаhónčyj sobaka
Any canine animal.
(broadly)Someone who seeks something.
Jäger
ищейкаiščejka
someone who is morally reprehensible
(broadly)A male who constantly seeks the company of desirable women.
Schürzenjäger
кобельkobelʹ
A despicable person.
A houndfish.
(in the plural)Projections located at the masthead or foremast, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top on which to rest; a foretop.
A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.
Examples
30 sentencesWhy is Tom hounding me?
ruПочему Том преследует меня?
Why are you hounding me?
Ziri was killed by the hounds.
Spring over the ground like a hunting hound.
The hounds are in pursuit of the fox.
ruГончие преследуют лисицу.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English hound, from Old English hund, from Proto-West Germanic *hundInherited from Middle English hound, from Old English hund, from Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ. Doublet of canine.
From Middle English hownde, hount, houn, probably from Old Norse húnn, from Proto-Germanic *hūnaz.
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