Hunt - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |hʌnt|  American pronunciation of the word hunt
Brit.  |hʌnt|  British pronunciation of the word hunt

noun

- Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
- United States architect (1827-1895)
- British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)
- an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
- an instance of searching for something
the hunt for submarines
- the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone (syn: hunting, search)
- the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts (syn: hunting)
- the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport (syn: hunting)

verb

- pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) (syn: hunt down, run, track down)
Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland
The Duke hunted in these woods
- pursue or chase relentlessly (syn: hound, trace)
The hunters traced the deer into the woods
- chase away, with as with force
They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood
- yaw back and forth about a flight path
- oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent
The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency
- seek, search for
She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them
- search (an area) for prey
The King used to hunt these forests

Extra examples

The wolf was hunting its prey.

These birds have been hunted almost to extinction.

He likes to hunt and fish.

She hunted around in the closet for a pair of shoes.

Police hunted the escaped prisoners through several states.

They went on a hunt.

We finally found a good restaurant after a long hunt.

Many people hunt after fame in their lives but never find it.

She is still hunting for a new job.

The colonials were hunted from their homes.

The hunt is on.

Police are leading the murder hunt.

I'll have a hunt around for it in my room.

Wolves tend to hunt in packs (=hunt in groups).

The kids were hunting for shells on the beach.

Phrasal verbs

hunt down  — pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: hunt
he/she/it: hunts
present participle: hunting
past tense: hunted
past participle: hunted
noun
singular: hunt
plural: hunts
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