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We're always on the side of the animal that's being chased. We always seem to be on the side of the rabbit or the fox and not on the side of the hounds.
Norman Jewison

Meaning of "the hounds" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE HOUNDS

the hounds play
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE HOUNDS

the hills
the Himalayas
the Holocene
the holy
the Holy City
the Holy Family
the Holy Land
the Holy One
the Honourable
the Hook of Holland
the horse´s mouth
the hots
the hour
the House
the human race
the humanities
the hump
the hundreds
the hut
the hyperreal

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE HOUNDS

beat the bounds
bounds
by leaps and bounds
Cahokia Mounds
coffee grounds
feeding grounds
funds
go the rounds
grounds
hare and hounds
hounds
lick one´s wounds
master of foxhounds
master of hounds
out of bounds
ride to hounds
run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
showgrounds
sounds
surrounds
zounds

Synonyms and antonyms of the hounds in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the hounds» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE HOUNDS

Find out the translation of the hounds to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the hounds from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «the hounds» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

猎狗
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

los sabuesos
570 millions of speakers

English

the hounds
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hounds
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كلاب الصيد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гончие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

os cães de caça
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হিংশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

les chiens
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hound itu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

die Jagdhunde
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

猟犬
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사냥개
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ing hounds
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

những con chó săn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஹவுண்ட்ஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शिकारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hayvanat bahçeleri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

i cani
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

psy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гончі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

câinii
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τα κυνηγόσκυλα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die honde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hundarna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hundene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the hounds

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE HOUNDS»

The term «the hounds» is regularly used and occupies the 56.888 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the hounds

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2 QUOTES WITH «THE HOUNDS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the hounds.
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Norman Jewison
We're always on the side of the animal that's being chased. We always seem to be on the side of the rabbit or the fox and not on the side of the hounds.
2
Thomas Wolfe
All things on earth point home in old October; sailors to sea, travellers to walls and fences, hunters to field and hollow and the long voice of the hounds, the lover to the love he has forsaken.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE HOUNDS»

Discover the use of the hounds in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the hounds and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Toll The Hounds: The Malazan Book of the Fallen 8
It is said that Hood waits at the end of every plot, every scheme, each grandiose ambition.
Steven Erikson, 2009
2
Letting Loose the Hounds: Stories
Brady Udall. printed: H. Felix Manderberry, D.D.S., 149 South Mountain Road, Alpine, Arizona. (602) 337-2093. Underneath, in the kind of indecipherable longhand doctors and dentists are known for, was a prescription for something, Goody ...
Brady Udall, 2010
3
The Hounds of the Morrigan
When a ten-year-old boy finds an old book of magic in a bookshop in Ireland, the forces of good and evil gather to do battle over it.
Pat O'Shea, 1999
4
Marcel pursued by the hounds
How our "innocent” childhood games come back to haunt our adult life. Cast of 4 women and 1 adolescent male.
Michel Tremblay, 1996
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Toll The Hounds: The Malazan Book of the Fallen 8
The Malazan Book of the Fallen 8 Steven Erikson. No, Apsal'ara had worked her way closer to the enormous wagon, eventually finding herself trudging beside one of the huge wooden wheels. Then she had lagged in her pace until just ...
Steven Erikson, 2009
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The Master of the Hounds
Beauchamp was too good a sportsman, and by far too fond _ of his hounds and horses, to consign them to the care of servant^ however trustworthy, after a severe day, always accompanying them home, and feeding the hounds himself before ...
Knightley Willia Horlock, 1863
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The Hounds of Samaria
Nigel Howard Patten. sciousness, so capable of extracting information from an environment, by some obscure anomalous means that is independent of space and time. George's intuitive brain appears to be wired for a deeper connection to  ...
Nigel Howard Patten, 2011
8
The Hounds of Love
Mark Allen Gray. Introduction The Hounds of Love is a collection of poems that. Introduction.
Mark Allen Gray, 2004
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The Hounds of Avalon
For these are the twilight days, when eternal winter falls and the gods destroy themselves in civil war . . . when an invasion force of ghastly power threatens to eradicate all life.Humanity's last chance lies with two friends, as different ...
Mark Chadbourn, 2010
10
The Hound of the Baskervilles
This mystery/horror story has become the archetype around which an entire genre has been created.First published in 1901, the novel tells the story of Sir Henry Baskerville, who arrives at Baskerville Hall to investigate the mysterious ...
Arthur Conan Doyle, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE HOUNDS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the hounds is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sitting to the hounds
Now I'd read about fox hunting before; the gentlemanly English variety fraught with horses, hounds, and horns. Tally-ho! While I knew the Southeast Alabama ... «The Albany Herald, Jul 15»
2
Hounds' Defense Wilts In Montreal Heat
Boris Zivanovic and Rob Vincent were on target for Pittsburgh to pull the Hounds level twice after conceding early goals in each half. Drew Russell had a ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
3
Wildwood plans to unleash the hounds
WILDWOOD – City commissioners introduced an amendment to an ordinance at a June 10 meeting that will allow dogs to go unleashed at the dog beach. «Shore News Today, Jun 15»
4
National: Contestants needed for Release The Hounds series 2
The producers of the ITV2 horror game show Release The Hounds are looking for contestants from Bath and North East Somerset. Release the Hounds was ... «Bath Chronicle, Apr 15»
5
Tracking the hounds of Mudhol
Humans and hounds have had a very ancient friendship. Hounds are believed to have originated in the Middle East. The Bedouin tribes of North Africa and Asia ... «Deccan Herald, Jan 15»
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EXCLUSIVE: BGT winners Diversity tease tonight's “terrifying …
But first, in case you've yet to see Release the Hounds, each episode features three contestants who take up their places in a forest at dusk. The aim of the game ... «Unreality TV, Dec 14»
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Release the Hounds game coming to iPhone, iPad and Android
TV show Release the Hounds will receive its own mobile game, Sony Pictures Television has announced. The iOS and Android mobile game will feature tasks ... «Digital Spy UK, Dec 14»
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Aiken horses, riders and hounds receive 101st Blessing of the Hounds
The Revs. Beau Davis (left) and George Alexander, of All Saints Anglican Church, lead the blessing of the hounds before the Aiken Hounds' formal Opening ... «The Augusta Chronicle, Nov 14»
9
Leamington rockers won thousands in TV horror game show …
Ash and Steve Maugham, along with Frankie Taylor, took part in the hit ITV2 show Release the Hounds – a comic horror game show. Contestants have to ... «Leamington Courier, Oct 14»
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Release the Hounds: Could you handle ITV2's scary gameshow?
Release the Hounds is back for a full series - and the contestants better be prepared to be very scared indeed. The show, hosted by Reggie Yates, began life as ... «Digital Spy UK, Sep 14»

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