Hound
Hound verb - To go after or on the track of.
Usage example: after she was publicly dumped by her boyfriend, the actress was hounded by reporters night and day
Lead
Lead verb - To point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front.
Usage example: an enthusiastic docent led our group through the art museum
How words are described
| normal | normal hound | normal lead |
| typical | typical hound | typical lead |
| certain | certain hound | certain lead |
| original | original hound | original lead |
| Other adjectives: strong, real, enormous, huge, little, black, young, supposed, new, heroic, titular, eponymous. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Steele, a literal glory hound, brags about how he'll lead the sled team into delivering (much needed) medicine for the town's dying children... only to end up lost in a blizzard.
Source: Fake Ultimate Hero - Hoodoo Gurus, "My Girl": lead singer Dave Faulkner plays a racing greyhound trainer preparing his hound (named My Girl) for a big race.
Source: Lyrics/Video Mismatch - When the Hound returns from the battlefield and refuses to go back into the fire, Tyrion announces that he personally will lead the next sally.
Source: Shaming the Mob
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Hound & Lead. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hound/lead>.
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