hound
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears
Types & categories
- hunting dog hypernym
- Afghan hound hyponym
- basset hyponym
- beagle hyponym
- bloodhound hyponym
- bluetick hyponym
- boarhound hyponym
- coonhound hyponym
- foxhound hyponym
- harrier hyponym
- Plott hound hyponym
- redbone hyponym
- wolfhound hyponym
- greyhound hyponym
- Ibizan hound hyponym
- Norwegian elkhound hyponym
- otterhound hyponym
- Saluki hyponym
- Scottish deerhound hyponym
- staghound hyponym
- Weimaraner hyponym
Parts & wholes
- pack member holonym
Related & opposite
- hound derivation
Sense 2 verb
pursue or chase relentlessly
The hunters traced the deer into the woods
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
someone who is morally reprehensible
you dirty dog
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- scoundrelly derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hound |
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | pack |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | hunting dog |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Afghan hound |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | basset |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | beagle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bloodhound |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bluetick |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | boarhound |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | coonhound |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | foxhound |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | harrier |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Plott hound |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | redbone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wolfhound |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | greyhound |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Ibizan hound |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Norwegian elkhound |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | otterhound |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Saluki |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Scottish deerhound |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | staghound |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Weimaraner |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hunting |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hunting |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hound |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hunter |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | chase |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ferret |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scoundrelly |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | villain |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | perisher |