Meaning

8 senses
  1. A 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

  2. Any canine animal.

  3. (broadly)Someone who seeks something.

    Jäger

    ищейкаiščejka

    someone who is morally reprehensible

  4. (broadly)A male who constantly seeks the company of desirable women.

    Schürzenjäger

    кобельkobelʹ

  5. A despicable person.

  6. A houndfish.

  7. (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.

  8. A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.

Examples

30 sentences
  1. Why is Tom hounding me?

    ruПочему Том преследует меня?

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  2. Why are you hounding me?

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  3. Ziri was killed by the hounds.

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  4. Spring over the ground like a hunting hound.

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  5. The hounds are in pursuit of the fox.

    ruГончие преследуют лисицу.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
dog, hunting dog:
Русский
By meaning 3
dog, hunting dog:
one who seeks something:
male who constantly seeks the company of desirable females:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
dog, hunting dog:
one who seeks something:
male who constantly seeks the company of desirable females:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English hound, from Old English hund, from Proto-West Germanic *hund

Inherited 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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