hunt Definition
hunt (hunt)
transitive verb
- to go out to kill or catch (game) for food or sport
- to search eagerly or carefully for; try to find
- to pursue; chase; drive
- to hound; harry; persecute
- to go through (a woods, fields, etc.) in pursuit of game
- to search (a place) carefully
- to use (dogs or horses) in chasing game
Etymology: ME hunten < OE huntian, prob. < base of hentan, to seize < ? IE *kend-, var. of *kent- > Goth (fra)hinthan, to seize: see hand
intransitive verb
- to go out after game; take part in the chase
- to search; seek
- Bell Ringing to change the order of bells in a hunt
noun
- the act of hunting; the chase
- a group of people who hunt together
- a district covered in hunting
- a search
- Bell Ringing a series of regularly varying sequences in ringing a group of from five to twelve bells
hunt Idioms
hunt down
- to pursue until successful in catching or killing
- to search for until successful in finding
hunt up
- to hunt for; search for
- to find by searching
in the hunt
Informal having a chance to win a competition
hunt Synonyms
hunt
n.
The pursuit of game
chase, sporting, shooting, coursing; lion hunt, tiger hunt, fox hunt, deer hunt, duck hunt, etc.; tracking, hawking, steeplechase, venery, battue (French), course, race, angling, fishing, game, gunning, pursuit, field sport, riding to hounds, piscation, beagling, piscatology; see also hunting, sport 3.A search
investigation, probe, inquiry, raid, quest, pursuit, exploration, research, sifting, seeking, pursuance, hounding, prosecution, trailing, inquisition, scrutiny, inquest, study, interrogation, prying, meddling, tracing, snooping, research, rummage, following, pursuing, reconnaissance, look-see*, frisking*; see also examination 1.
hunt Synonyms
hunt
v.
To pursue with intent to kill
follow, chase, give chase, stalk, hound, trail, dog, seek, capture, kill, shoot, press on, track, heel, shadow, chase after, hunt out, ride to hounds, snare, look for, fish, run, ride, drive, fish for, hawk, poach, grouse, ferret, drag, course, start game, beagle*, gun for*, go gunning for*; see also pursue 1.To try to find
investigate, seek for, sift, winnow, drag, probe, fish out, fish for, look for, be on the lookout for, go after, trail, cast about, ransack, trace, ferret out, spoor, inquire, hunt for, hunt out, search for, search out, grope in the dark, leave no stone unturned, delve for, scour, prowl after, examine, interrogate, question, catechise, nose around*, rummage*; see also seek 1.
hunt Telecom Definition
hunt Usage Examples
Object
- fox: In addition, some hunts breed foxes in areas where their numbers are sparse to ensure an adequate number for the " sport " .
- deer: What are normal values from which hunted red deer readily recover?
- hare: Each outcry of the hunted hare A fiber from the brain does tear.
- boar: The murder of Yoichibei by Sadakuro, and Kampei hunting the wild boar.
- hound: There is only one huntsman to each pack - the man who hunts the hounds.
- mammal: Well, the bill is intended to'Make Provision about hunting wild mammals with dogs.
Preposition: with
hound: The decision of whether individuals hunt with hounds is to be determined by the dictates of his or her conscience.
Adjective modifier
adjoining: Adjoining hunts are the Zetland, Hurworth, Bilsdale, York and Ainsty ( North ), and West of Yore.
Modifies a noun
- saboteur: But small little-known groups of hunt saboteurs and campaigners are also doing their bit to rid us of fox hunting.
- kennel: Alternatives include sending the horse to a slaughterhouse, overseas for human consumption or the use of a local hunt kennels.
- sab: Also, Tufnell Park squat eviction, the SchNEWS ASBOmeter, and more on hunt sab Michael Maynard.
- follower: A hunt follower horsewhipped a car with an anti-hunt sticker.
- sabatours: The hunting with dogs ban has not stopped foxes being killed and has increased violence against hunt sabatours and the police look away.
- supporter: There were a number of examples of intimidation from hunt supporters.
Noun used with modifier
- treasure: Why not arrange a treasure hunt, you'd need to work out the clues.
- scavenger: On Tuesday there was a scavenger hunt to find a whole host of different nature items.
- witch: Despite all this, the witch hunt had little effect.
- mink: The average income for a mink hunt is reported as £ 4,500.
- minibeast: Help to dig the pond and assist young people with severe learning and physical difficulties to help create it, later sponsored minibeast hunt.
Browse dictionary entries near hunt
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- ‹ hunk
- ‹ hunh
- ‹ hungry
- ‹ hunger strike
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