hound
121
1.5
- noun
- /haʊnd/
:
sabueso
- This little hound dog just picked up a scent.
- a pack of hounds
- hounds and horses
Sight hounds and some scent hounds do that exquisitely well.
- Sight hounds and some scent hounds do that exquisitely well.
- He was a really skinny dude, kind of face shape of an Afghan hound.
- And there's a woman who's being pursued by hounds and these horsemen who are trying to track her down.
- They were both black lab mixes, Magnus with flat coat retriever and Amika with catahua, leopard hound and maybe some Pitbull as well.
- And one more thing, their likenesses cast no shadows, nor do the hounds themselves.
- At this point, the Delta variant is moving through the US faster than a chalupa through a Basset Hound, of course.
Examples
-
The hound dashed through the tall grass, following the scent of the hidden rabbit.
-
Maybe I could bring my old hound up here.
-
In no time, he had his fence back up and his hounds inside.
Fiction book (1990) -
As they passed the barn, a large black hound with a grizzled snout ran out and barked at them.
Fiction book (1990) -
Toby has the most splendid sense of smell... of any hound I've trained, but he can be deucedly frisky.
-
In the park, I watched a hound sniffing curiously around the bushes.
-
Hunting with a hound is an age-old tradition that highlights their remarkable tracking abilities.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
An animal people keep as a pet that also helps with work like hunting or guarding
32
2.0
A dog with thick, water-resistant fur bred to fetch game for hunters
27
4.2
A large dog with a very strong sense of smell used to follow a scent
23
1.3
A small hunting dog with short legs and a strong nose
8
2.3
A dog trained to find and catch animals or birds
6
2.7
A dog used for hunting with long ears and a very good nose
4
2.8
A dog with short legs, a long body, and long hanging ears bred to hunt by smell
4
8.7
A small hound bred to hunt hares and rabbits
3
5.3
A very large dog bred to hunt wolves
1
8.9
A hunting dog bred to track raccoons by smell
1
8.0
A large hunting dog from the United States with a striped brown coat that hunts boar and bears
1
4.6
A very large dog from Ireland with rough thick fur used for hunting wolves
1
6.8
A very large dog from Scotland with rough fur bred to hunt deer
1
5.2
A tall, elegant dog with a long silky coat that runs fast
A large British dog breed with long hanging ears and thick rough fur used for hunting otters
A large strong dog that tracks by its good sense of smell
An American hunting dog that runs fast and tracks foxes
A large dog used to hunt and hold wild boars
A very large, tall dog with rough fur bred in Scotland to hunt deer
A tall, fast hunting dog from Egypt used to chase and catch gazelles
A female hunting dog like a hound
Compounds
- US
1
8.0
A large hunting dog from the United States with a striped brown coat that hunts boar and bears
- UK
A large British dog breed with long hanging ears and thick rough fur used for hunting otters
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hound comes from the old English word hund, which simply meant 'dog' and is still like the German Hund. It became the name for dogs used in hunting, so the origin helps you remember a hound is a hunting dog that tracks a scent.