noun, verb
noun a dog that can run fast and has a good sense of smell, used for hunting:
The hounds picked up the scent of the fox.
seealsoAFGHANHOUND, BLOODHOUND, FOXHOUND, GREYHOUND, WOLFHOUND
verb [VN] to keep following sb and not leave them alone, especially in order to get sth from them or ask them questions
SYNHARASS:
They were hounded day and night by the press. * The travellers say the police are hounding them.
PHRASALVERBS
hound sb out (of sth)
