English dictionary
Hunt
/h/@/nt/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
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United States architect (1827-1895)
Synonyms richard morris huntSource: WordNet 3.0
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British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)
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an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
Synonyms hunt clubSource: WordNet 3.0
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an instance of searching for something
ExamplesThe hunt for submarines.
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the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
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the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
Synonyms huntingSource: WordNet 3.0
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the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
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The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search.
Source: webster1913
verb
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pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
ExamplesGoering often hunted wild boars in Poland.
The Duke hunted in these woods.
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pursue or chase relentlessly
ExamplesThe hunters traced the deer into the woods.
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chase away, with as with force
ExamplesThey hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood.
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yaw back and forth about a flight path
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oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent
ExamplesThe oscillator hunts about the correct frequency.
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seek, search for
ExamplesShe hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them.
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search (an area) for prey
ExamplesThe King used to hunt these forests.
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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 <i>hunt</i> a deer.
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To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds.
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To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, or the like; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel.
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To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.
Source: webster1913