Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to hound
Participle: hounded
Gerund: hounding
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | hound |
| you | hound |
| he;she;it | hounds |
| we | hound |
| you | hound |
| they | hound |
Perfect
| I | have hounded |
| you | have hounded |
| he;she;it | has hounded |
| we | have hounded |
| you | have hounded |
| they | have hounded |
Past
| I | hounded |
| you | hounded |
| he;she;it | hounded |
| we | hounded |
| you | hounded |
| they | hounded |
Pluperfect
| I | had hounded |
| you | had hounded |
| he;she;it | had hounded |
| we | had hounded |
| you | had hounded |
| they | had hounded |
Future
| I | will hound |
| you | will hound |
| he;she;it | will hound |
| we | will hound |
| you | will hound |
| they | will hound |
Future Perfect
| I | will have hounded |
| you | will have hounded |
| he;she;it | will have hounded |
| we | will have hounded |
| you | will have hounded |
| they | will have hounded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | hound |
| you | hound |
| he;she;it | hound |
| we | hound |
| you | hound |
| they | hound |
Perfect
| I | have hounded |
| you | have hounded |
| he;she;it | have hounded |
| we | have hounded |
| you | have hounded |
| they | have hounded |
Imperfect
| I | hounded |
| you | hounded |
| he;she;it | hounded |
| we | hounded |
| you | hounded |
| they | hounded |
Pluperfect
| I | had hounded |
| you | had hounded |
| he;she;it | had hounded |
| we | had hounded |
| you | had hounded |
| they | had hounded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would hound |
| you | would hound |
| he;she;it | would hound |
| we | would hound |
| you | would hound |
| they | would hound |
Perfect
| I | would have hounded |
| you | would have hounded |
| he;she;it | would have hounded |
| we | would have hounded |
| you | would have hounded |
| they | would have hounded |
Imperative
| you | hound |
| we | Let's hound |
| you | hound |
Verbs conjugated like 'hound'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'hound'
bound,
found,
mound,
pound,
round,
sound,
wound,
abound,
amound,
bond,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to harshly mock; to treat with contempt
- badger, bam, barrack, brock, bullyrag, chiack, deride, fleer, fligger, flite, geck, heckle, jeer, nip, poke borack
- badger
- bully, pursue, heckle, bother, annoy, pester, provoke
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English hounden, from the noun (see above). See: Middle English '
hounden'.
Sample Sentences
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He hounded me for weeks, but I was simply unable to pay back his loan.
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More pertinently for the plot, another marked difference from history is that the United Kingdom of this 1982 is precociously computerised. Instead of having been hounded to death for his homosexuality, the scientist Alan Turing is thriving and lauded. [2019 April 11, Marcel Theroux, “Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan review – intelligent mischief”, in The Guardian:]
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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. [1897, Andrew Lang, The Book of Dreams and Ghosts, page 162:]