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1. (v.t.) hunt
to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
2. hunt
to pursue (a person) aggressively in order to capture (often fol. by down):
to hunt down a kidnapper.
3. hunt
to search for; seek (often fol. by up or out):
to hunt out the perfect birthday gift.
4. hunt
to search thoroughly; scour.
5. hunt
to pursue or take game in:
Poachers have been hunting the king's woods.
6. hunt
to use or direct (a horse, hound, etc.) in chasing game.
7. (v.i.) hunt
to engage in the pursuit, capture, or killing of wild animals for food or in sport.
8. hunt
to make a search or quest (often fol. by for or after).
9. (n.) hunt
the act or practice of hunting game or other wild animals.
10. hunt
a search or pursuit; a seeking to find.
11. hunt
a group of persons associated or gathered for the purpose of hunting.
12. (n.) Hunt
(James Henry) Leigh, 1784–1859, English writer.
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| Definition of 'hunt' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Hunt, Holman Hunt, William Holman Hunt
Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
2. (noun) Hunt, Richard Morris Hunt
United States architect (1827-1895)
3. (noun) Hunt, Leigh Hunt, James Henry Leigh Hunt
British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)
4. (noun) hunt, hunt club
an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
5. (noun) hunt
an instance of searching for something
"the hunt for submarines"
6. (noun) search, hunt, hunting
the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
7. (noun) hunt, hunting
the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
8. (verb) hunt, hunting
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
9. (verb) hunt, run, hunt down, track down
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
"Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"
10. (verb) hound, hunt, trace
pursue or chase relentlessly
"The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"
11. (verb) hunt
chase away, with as with force
"They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood"
12. (verb) hunt
yaw back and forth about a flight path
"the plane's nose yawed"
13. (verb) hunt
oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent
"The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency"
14. (verb) hunt
seek, search for
"She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them"
15. (verb) hunt
search (an area) for prey
"The King used to hunt these forests"
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1. (verb) hunt
to look for sb or sth that is difficult to find; = search
police hunting for the suspected murderer; She hunted for the address in the piles of paper.
2. hunt
to search for and kill an animal
to hunt deer; lionesses hunting together
3. (noun) hunt
a time when you are looking for sb or sth
the hunt for the lost treasure
4. hunt
a time when sb tries to find and kill an animal
an illegal whale hunt
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) hunt
the act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search
2. (noun) hunt
the game secured in the hunt
3. (noun) hunt
a pack of hounds
4. (noun) hunt
an association of huntsmen
5. (noun) hunt
a district of country hunted over
6. (verb) hunt
to search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer
7. (verb) hunt
to search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow; -- often with out or up; as, to hunt up the facts; to hunt out evidence
8. (verb) hunt
to drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish
9. (verb) hunt
to use or manage in the chase, as hounds
10. (verb) hunt
to use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country
11. (verb) hunt
to follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds
12. (verb) hunt
to seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after
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Sense: to chase (animals etc) for food or for sport
He spent the whole day hunting (deer).
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 Afrikaans: jag |
 Arabic: يَصْطاد، يَبْحَثُ عَن |
 Bulgarian: ловувам |
 Brazilian: caçar |
 Czech: lovit |
 German: jagen |
 Danish: jage |
 Greek: κυνηγώ |
 Spanish: cazar |
 Estonian: küttima |
 Farsi: شكار كردن |
 Finnish: metsästää |
 French: chasser |
 Hebrew: לצוּד |
 Hindi: शिकार करना |
 Croatian: goniti, loviti |
 Hungarian: vadászik |
 Indonesian: berburu |
 Icelandic: veiða |
 Italian: cacciare |
 Japanese: 狩る |
 Korean: 사냥(수렵)하다 |
 Lithuanian: medžioti |
 Latvian: medīt |
 Malay: memburu |
 Dutch: jagen |
 Norwegian: gå på jakt |
 Polish: polować |
 Persian: شكار كردن |
 Pashto: ښکار کول |
 Portuguese: caçar |
 Romanian: a vâna |
 Russian: охотиться |
 Slovak: loviť |
 Slovenian: loviti |
 Serbian: loviti |
 Swedish: jaga |
 Thai: ล่าสัตว์ |
 Turkish: avla(n)mak |
 Taiwanese: 獵捕 |
 Ukrainian: полювати |
 Urdu: شکار کرنا |
 Vietnamese: săn bắn |
 Chinese: 追猎 |
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