Толковый словарь английского языка - hound
Hound
hound
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hund; akin to Old High German hunt dog, Latin canis, Greek kyōn Date: before 12th century 1. dog , a dog of any of numerous hunting breeds including both scent ~s (as the blood~ and beagle) and sight ~s (as the grey~ and Afghan ~), a mean or despicable person, dogfish , a person who pursues like a ~, II. transitive verb Date: 1528 to pursue with or as if with ~s, to drive or affect by persistent harassing, see: bait ~er noun
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n. & v. --n. 1 a a dog used for hunting, esp. one able to track by scent. b (the hounds) Brit. a pack of foxhounds. 2 colloq. a despicable man. 3 a runner who follows a trail in hare and hounds. 4 a person keen in pursuit of something (usu. in comb.: news-hound). --v.tr. 1 harass or pursue relentlessly. 2 chase or pursue with a hound. 3 (foll. by at) set (a dog or person) on (a quarry). 4 urge on or nag (a person). Phrases and idioms hound's tongue Bot. a tall plant, Cynoglossum officinale, with tongue-shaped leaves. hound's-tooth a check pattern with notched corners suggestive of a canine tooth. ride to hounds go fox-hunting on horseback. Derivatives hounder n. houndish adj. Etymology: OE hund f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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