hound
hound [hound hounds hounded hounding] noun, verb BrE [haʊnd] NAmE [haʊnd]
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.
see also ↑Afghan hound, ↑bloodhound, ↑foxhound, ↑greyhound, ↑wolfhound
Word Origin:
Old 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’.
Example Bank:
•In drag hunting, hounds chase an artificial scent.
•We could hear the hounds barking at the fox.
Derived: ↑hound somebody from something ▪ ↑hound somebody out
verb ~ sb
to keep following sb and not leave them alone, especially in order to get sth from them or ask them questions
Syn: ↑harass
•They were hounded day and night by the press.
•The travellers say the police are hounding them.
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
Old 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’.
Example Bank:
•His family accused the media of hounding him to death.
•She was continually hounded by her fans.
•She was finally hounded out of her job.
•I'm constantly being hounded for autographs.
•The star claims he is being hounded by an obsessed fan.
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