GREYHOUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does greyhound mean? 

• GREYHOUND (noun)
  The noun GREYHOUND has 1 sense:

1. a tall slender dog of an ancient breed noted for swiftness and keen sight; used as a racing dog

  Familiarity information: GREYHOUND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREYHOUND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tall slender dog of an ancient breed noted for swiftness and keen sight; used as a racing dog

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("greyhound" is a kind of...):

hound; hound dog (any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears)

racer (an animal that races)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "greyhound"):

Italian greyhound (a toy dog developed from the greyhound)

whippet (small slender dog of greyhound type developed in England)

 Context examples 

The bay mares seemed to know what that white puff in front of us signified, and they stretched themselves like greyhounds.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“It is not our custom in Spain to reward pertness in a messenger,” Don Pedro answered, patting the head of his greyhound.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I walked with intrepidity five or six times before the very head of the cat, and came within half a yard of her; whereupon she drew herself back, as if she were more afraid of me: I had less apprehension concerning the dogs, whereof three or four came into the room, as it is usual in farmers’ houses; one of which was a mastiff, equal in bulk to four elephants, and another a greyhound, somewhat taller than the mastiff, but not so large.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

He lounged back in a careless position, and yawned repeatedly as though heartily weary of the proceedings, stooping from time to time to fondle a shaggy Spanish greyhound which lay stretched at his feet.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

All along by the sedgy banks of the rivers long lines of pages led their masters' chargers down to water, while the knights themselves lounged in gayly-dressed groups about the doors of their pavilions, or rode out, with their falcons upon their wrists and their greyhounds behind them, in quest of quail or of leveret.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)