hound

A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.

• The hounds were baying a fox.

Any canine animal.

Someone who seeks something.broadly

• On the way out of the building I was asked for my autograph. If I'd known who the signature hound thought I was, I would've signed appropriately.
• I still do not know if he's taken on this case because he's a glory hound, because he wants the PR, or if he simply wanted to help Anna.

A male who constantly seeks the company of desirable women.broadly

• "She had a good many successors, John." "You are such a hound, in that respect, Goodson," said Claywell, "and you have always been such a hound, that it astounds me to find you—unaccompanied."

A despicable person.

• Boy! false hound!
• I turned away and left her to finish her journey in peace, feeling, but only for a moment or two, that I had been an unutterably mean hound.

A houndfish.

To persistently harass doggedly.transitive

• He hounded me for weeks, but I was simply unable to pay back his loan.

To urge on against; to set (dogs) upon in hunting.archaictransitive

• We both thought we saw what had the appearance to be a fox, and hounded the dogs at it, but they would not pursue it.

Projections located at the masthead or foremast, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top on which to rest; a foretop.in-plural

A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.