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hunt
1[ huhnt ]
verb (used with object)
- to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
Synonyms: ,
- to pursue with force, hostility, etc., in order to capture (often followed by down ):
They hunted him down and hanged him.
- to search for; seek; endeavor to obtain or find (often followed by up or out ):
to hunt up the most promising candidates for the position.
- to search (a place) thoroughly.
- to scour (an area) in pursuit of game.
- to use or direct (a horse, hound, etc.) in chasing game.
- Change Ringing. to alter the place of (a bell) in a hunt.
verb (used without object)
- to engage in the pursuit, capture, or killing of wild animals for food or in sport.
- to make a search or quest (often followed by for or after ).
- Change Ringing. to alter the place of a bell in its set according to certain rules.
noun
- an act or practice of hunting game or other wild animals.
- a search; a seeking or endeavor to find.
- a pursuit.
- a group of persons associated for the purpose of hunting; an association of hunters.
- an area hunted over.
- Change Ringing. a regularly varying order of permutations in the ringing of a group of from five to twelve bells.
Hunt
2[ huhnt ]
noun
- (James Henry) Leigh [lee], 1784–1859, English essayist, poet, and editor.
- Richard Morris, 1828–95, U.S. architect.
- (William) Holman [hohl, -m, uh, n], 1827–1910, English painter.
- William Morris, 1824–79, U.S. painter (brother of Richard Morris Hunt).
hunt
1/ ʌԳ /
verb
- to seek out and kill or capture (game or wild animals) for food or sport
- introften foll byfor to look (for); search (for)
to hunt up a friend
to hunt for a book
- tr to use (hounds, horses, etc) in the pursuit of wild animals, game, etc
to hunt a pack of hounds
- tr to search or draw (country) to hunt wild animals, game, etc
to hunt the parkland
- troften foll bydown to track or chase diligently, esp so as to capture
to hunt down a criminal
- tr; usually passive to persecute; hound
- intr (of a gauge indicator, engine speed, etc) to oscillate about a mean value or position
- intr (of an aircraft, rocket, etc) to oscillate about a flight path
noun
- the act or an instance of hunting
- chase or search, esp of animals or game
- the area of a hunt
- a party or institution organized for the pursuit of wild animals or game, esp for sport
- the participants in or members of such a party or institution
- in the hunt informal.
that result keeps us in the hunt
Hunt
2/ ʌԳ /
noun
- HuntHenry17731835MBritishPOLITICS: radicalPOLITICS: orator Henry , known as Orator Hunt . 1773–1835, British radical, who led the mass meeting that ended in the Peterloo Massacre (1819)
- Hunt(William) Holman18271910MBritishARTS AND CRAFTS: painter ( William ) Holman. 1827–1910, British painter; a founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (1848)
- HuntJames19471993MBritishSPORT AND GAMES: racing driver James. 1947–93, British motor-racing driver: world champion 1976
- Hunt(Henry Cecil) John, Baron19101998MBritishMILITARY: army officerSPORT AND GAMES: mountaineer ( Henry Cecil ) John , Baron. 1910–98, British army officer and mountaineer. He planned and led the expedition that first climbed Mount Everest (1953)
- Hunt(James Henry) Leigh17841859MBritishWRITING: poetWRITING: essayist ( James Henry ) Leigh (liː). 1784–1859, British poet and essayist: a founder of The Examiner (1808) in which he promoted the work of Keats and Shelley
Derived Forms
- ˈܲԳٱ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ܲԳa· adjective
- ܲԳĻ· adverb
- dzܳhܲԳ verb (used with object)
- v·ܲԳ verb (used with object)
- un·ܲԳa· adjective
- ܲ·ܲԳĻ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of hunt1
Word History and Origins
Origin of hunt1
Idioms and Phrases
see happy hunting ground ; high and low, (hunt) ; run with (the hare, hunt with the hounds) .Example Sentences
“I made you special!” he screams at Brontë, his inner anguish made manifest before he hunts her down like an animal in the woods.
It is tasked with a broad range of actions — hunting fugitives, transporting federal prisoners and managing goods seized from criminals.
Tenants hunting for office space in the Los Angeles area are in the driver’s seat as vacancies plague many landlords trying to fill their buildings with people.
Of every possible subplot, it’s hard to think of a worse one than Chris and Braxton’s hunt to find a family of disappeared Salvadorans.
The website for the fest also featured vague promises of “an electrifying celebration of music, arts, cuisine, comedy, fashion, gaming, sports and treasure hunting.”
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