Hunt
nounNoun
an instance of searching for something
“the hunt for submarines”
Type of:Searchan association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
Type of:GuildOrderLodgethe activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
Similar:HuntingType of:LaborLabourToilthe pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
Similar:HuntingUnited States architect (1827-1895)
British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)
Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
Verb
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
“Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland”
“The Duke hunted in these woods”
Similar:RunType of:CatchCapturepursue or chase relentlessly
“The hunters traced the deer into the woods”
chase away, with as with force
“They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood”
Type of:Rouseoscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent
“The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency”
Type of:VibrateOscillatesearch (an area) for prey
“The King used to hunt these forests”
seek, search for
“She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them”
yaw back and forth about a flight path
Type of:Yaw
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