(n.) A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but also used for various breeds of fleet hunting dogs, as the greyhound, boarhound, etc.
(n.) A despicable person.
(n.) A houndfish.
(n.) Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on.
(n.) A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.
(v. t.) To set on the chase; to incite to pursuit; as, to hounda dog at a hare; to hound on pursuers.
(v. t.) To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds.
Example Sentences:
(1) Having read Gill's own account of his experimental sexual connections with his dog in a later craft community at Pigotts near High Wycombe, his woodcut The Hound of St Dominic develops some distinctly disconcerting features.
(2) "I was hounded by media from all over the world last year.
(3) I do remain limited at present by what I can say due to the ongoing referral to the Criminal Cases Review Commission and whilst I continue to maintain my innocence, I wish to make it clear that I wholeheartedly apologise for the effects that night in Rhyl has had on many people, not least the woman concerned.” The 26-year-old also sought to disassociate himself for the first time from those using the internet to hound his victim.
(4) The mean concentration of urate in the serum of 80 Dalmatian Coach Hounds was approximately double that in the serum of 99 dogs of other breeds.
(5) "Pulpit poofs" were hounded from the church, playground workers were exposed as "lesbians plotting to pervert nursery tots", celebrities such as Kenny Everett, Russell Harty and Freddie Mercury were hounded as diseased vermin.
(6) The association of this infection in Basset Hounds suggests an inherited immunologic defect.
(7) Last February, Freedom survived not the first of attempts to hound it out, after it was firebombed, most likely by far-right activists.
(8) He's hounded out of town in the most hysterical way, but the film is reckless with its logic and fails to observe due processes of plot, milieu, verisimilitude – massive failings when dealing with such a sensitive subject.
(9) Most of more than 20 groups contacted by the Guardian reported dozens of new recruits, with children as young as four and six riding to hounds for the first time.
(10) They face continuous harassment in Kazakhstan and Vietnam , are under surveillance in the UK , and get hounded by tax authorities in Canada and India.
(11) "The constant hounding through so many different mediums and the total lack of privacy or being able to shake him off compounded the fear and made me feel that I would never, ever be free."
(12) How much poorer would British theatre be without productions of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead , the Real Inspector Hound or Travesties .
(13) But in addition to the grief, there was real anger, because many people feel that Swartz had been hounded to his death by aggressive federal prosecutors.
(14) Billie had just come out of Doctor Who so it was a weird time – the paparazzi were hounding her and I think Marsh even became our getaway driver a few times, the poor man.
(15) We had hounded Swales out, in an unforgiving public humiliation, for a childhood hero we believed would make us happy again.
(16) In The Hound of the Baskervilles, locals live in fear of Selden, an escaped murderer who roams Dartmoor.
(17) Like Ashdown and Kennedy, they get elected then are either ignored or hounded.
(18) Hounding Germans out of work half a century after the last war is altogether different.
(19) Fearing stories of haunted hounds and curses, I’m not sure I want to hear it.
(20) The environment for expressing opinion and writing has become harsher and harsher in recent years.” Self-censorship was on the rise as writers and publishers tried to second-guess what was acceptable under the new political climate, in which government critics have been hounded or even jailed.
Untrue
Definition:
(a.) Not true; false; contrary to the fact; as, the story is untrue.
(a.) Not faithful; inconstant; false; disloyal.
(adv.) Untruly.
Example Sentences:
(1) "At the same time, however, we cannot allow one man's untrue version of what happened to stand unchallenged," he said.
(2) The American paper claimed Mr Jameel's company was one of a number of organisations being monitored at the request of law enforcement agencies, to prevent funds being channelled to terrorist organisations, a claim that turned out to be untrue.
(3) I categorically never said that ‘Britain has so many paedophiles because it has so many Asian men’.” She added that it was “totally untrue” that she had threatened to “take this inquiry down with me”, and absolutely rejected being rude and abusive to junior staff.
(4) "The suggestion that I deliberately misled the committee and refused to apologise are both untrue and unfair," she wrote in a letter to Keith Vaz, the committee's chairman.
(5) He said the allegations made in Iran's media are based on fabricated contents or fake accounts and are untrue.
(6) He stressed that the sister-in-law and her husband were not only accused of circulating libellously untrue stories but also of harassment of the wealthy financier.
(7) The palace initially stated that “any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors” by the duke was “categorically untrue”.
(8) Meanwhile, Ghislaine Maxwell, an associate of Epstein, has branded claims made against her as “untrue” and “obvious lies” after she was reportedly named in the US court papers by the woman.
(9) And nobody ever talks about the fact that it was in quotes, but that’s a very important thing.” But if the president says something that cannot be proved or is demonstrably untrue, doesn’t that devalue his own currency, Carlson asked a second time.
(10) Let’s stop this conversation right now.” The Qatari government says the figure used by Montague that 1,200 migrant workers have died in Qatar since it was awarded the World Cup in 2010 is categorically untrue.
(11) Flynn said he had not discussed lifting US sanctions on Russia with Sergei Kislyak, Moscow’s US ambassador, but later admitted this was untrue.
(12) Marshall refuted claims CSIRO was moving away from public good scientific research , labelling it disturbing and untrue.
(13) Some of it may prove to be true but the passage of time will show much is untrue.” In response to claims of infighting and comparison’s with Wolf Hall, a spokesman for the prince added: “Clarence House employs over 100 hardworking professionals, many of whom have been there for decades and whose work and dedication is appreciated by their royal highnesses.” The row over the book comes amid growing scrutiny of Prince Charles’s ambitions for his kingship.
(14) Khan said the rumours were "untrue and upsetting" – although they remain in circulation on Twitter.
(15) Not everything in the paperwork for Roldugin’s account was untrue.
(16) Three years later the House of Lords decided to allow the media to plead the Reynolds defence - which meant newspapers could print untrue and defamatory information if they could prove it was in the public interest to publish it and that it was the product of responsible journalism.
(17) Going with what seems a reasonable assumption – that Scotland can be successful either independent or in a federal Britain – we are left with a leap of faith in one direction or the other, based on whose utopian vision of our future is most likely to be untrue.
(18) The former Foreign Office official, who has known Steele for 25 years and considers him a friend, said: “The idea his work is fake or a cowboy operation is false – completely untrue.
(19) Totally, unbelievably untrue, but it does create doubt and they just drive right through that.” The appearance, her fourth on the late-night talk show circuit after stints on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the Late Show With Stephen Colbert and the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, also had lighter moments.
(20) On Sunday, Leslee Dart, a publicist for Allen, 78, said: Mr Allen has read the article and found it untrue and disgraceful.