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hound
What does hound mean?
hound (verb): pursue or chase relentlessly.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use hound in a sentence?
- The detectives hounded the suspect until they found him. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce hound?
/haʊnd/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does hound come from?
From Middle English hounden, from the noun.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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