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hound

/haʊnd/noun

उच्चारण हाउन्ड

शिकारी कुत्ता

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noun
  1. 1

    [C]

    a dog that can run fast and has a good sense of smell, used for hunting

    शिकारी कुत्ता

    • a pack of hounds

    Synonyms hunting dog bloodhound beagle greyhound

verb
  1. 1

    [T] ~ sb

    to keep following somebody and not leave them alone, especially in order to get something from them or ask them questions

    पीछा करना, तंग करना

    • The actor was hounded by photographers.

    Synonyms pursue chase harass pester persecute

    Opposite leave alone

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

hunting dog bloodhound beagle greyhound pursue chase harass pester persecute

Antonyms

leave alone

?Which word?

Keep the chase-and-trouble words together: hound, harass (keep troubling), pester (keep asking), dog (follow closely; cause problems for a long time: 'dogged by bad luck'), stalk (follow secretly, often a crime), persecute (treat cruelly because of beliefs).

पीछा करके परेशान करने के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: hound, harass (लगातार परेशान करना), pester (बार-बार माँगना), dog (पीछे लगे रहना; लंबे समय तक समस्या देना: 'dogged by bad luck'), stalk (छिपकर पीछा करना, प्रायः अपराध), persecute (विश्वासों के कारण क्रूर व्यवहार)।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

Hound sb out (force somebody to leave a job or place).

Phrasal verb 'hound sb out' (किसी को नौकरी या जगह छोड़ने को विवश करना)।

Hounded by the press or media.

Collocation 'hounded by the press' या 'media'।

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General knowledge

The Indian Army uses trained dogs in its Remount and Veterinary Corps.

भारतीय सेना अपनी Remount and Veterinary Corps में प्रशिक्षित कुत्तों का उपयोग करती है।