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noun | verb houndhound1 /haʊnd/ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYhound1Origin: Old English hund 1a dog used for hunting2informal a dog → see also news hound noun | verb houndhound2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEhound |
Present | I, you, we, they | hound | | he, she, it | hounds | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | hounded | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have hounded | | he, she, it | has hounded | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had hounded | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will hound | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have hounded |
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Present | I | am hounding | | he, she, it | is hounding | | you, we, they | are hounding | Past | I, he, she, it | was hounding | | you, we, they | were hounding | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been hounding | | he, she, it | has been hounding | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been hounding | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be hounding | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been hounding |
to keep following someone and asking him or her questions in an annoying or threatening way: The landlord keeps hounding me for the rent.hound somebody out phrasal verb to make things so bad for someone that they are forced to leave: hound somebody out of something He should resign now rather than wait to be hounded out of office. |