noun
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
(
hunt, hunting )
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
(
hunt, hunting )
the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
(
hunt, hunting, search )
the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
an instance of searching for something
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hunt )
an instance of searching for something
the hunt for submarines
the hunt for submarines
an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
(
hunt, hunt club )
an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)
(
Hunt, James Henry Leigh Hunt, Leigh Hunt )
British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)
United States architect (1827-1895)
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Hunt, Richard Morris Hunt )
United States architect (1827-1895)
Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
(
Holman Hunt, Hunt, William Holman Hunt )
Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
verb
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) pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
(
run, hunt down, track down, hunt )
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland
Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland
The dogs are running deer
The dogs are running deer
The Duke hunted in these woods
The Duke hunted in these woods
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) pursue or chase relentlessly
(
hound, hunt, trace )
pursue or chase relentlessly
The hunters traced the deer into the woods
The hunters traced the deer into the woods
the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him
the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him
search (an area) for prey
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hunt )
search (an area) for prey
The King used to hunt these forests
The King used to hunt these forests
seek, search for
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hunt )
seek, search for
She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them
She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them
oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent
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hunt )
oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent
The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency
The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency
yaw back and forth about a flight path
(
hunt )
yaw back and forth about a flight path
the plane's nose yawed
the plane's nose yawed
chase away, with as with force
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hunt )
chase away, with as with force
They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood
They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood