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# hound

noun (hound, hounds); verb (hound, hounds, hounded, hounding)

«hound» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A dog used for hunting, such as a foxhound or bloodhound, with a strong sense of smell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hound/#m1)
2. (informal) Any dog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hound/#m2)
3. (verb) To chase or bother someone again and again: «hounded by reporters». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hound/#m3)
4. (informal, in compounds) A person who is very keen on something: «a news hound». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hound/#m4)

### In the lessons

In stories hounds track people and animals by smell; «The Hound of the Baskervilles» is a famous detective story. As a verb it describes pestering: «she hounded her mum for a phone». Phrases: hunting hound, pack of hounds, hound someone, be hounded by.

### Examples

- The hounds followed the scent through the woods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hound/#x1)
- A bloodhound can follow a trail many hours old. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hound/#x2)
- Our old hound sleeps by the fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hound/#x3)
- The famous singer was hounded by photographers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hound/#x4)
- He hounded his dad for weeks until he got a new bike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hound/#x5)
- The detective story is about a giant hound on the moor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hound/#x6)
- The Hound immediately turned tail and fled. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hound/#x7)

### Note

Plural: hounds. A group is a «pack of hounds». As a verb it is negative: hounding someone means not leaving them in peace.

## In Jewish tradition

In stories hounds track people and animals by smell; «The Hound of the Baskervilles» is a famous detective story. As a verb it describes pestering: «she hounded her mum for a phone». Phrases: hunting hound, pack of hounds, hound someone, be hounded by.

### Examples

- By the "hounded line" and "unbounded line" trom which according to the Pythagoreans everything originated (Diels H. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hound/#x1)

### Note

Plural: hounds. A group is a «pack of hounds». As a verb it is negative: hounding someone means not leaving them in peace.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hound» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hound/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hound» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hound.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «hound» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hound/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hound» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/hound.html) on Mova free.