Hunt

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English

Verb

Hunt (third-person singular simple present Hunts, present participle Hunting, simple past and past participle Hunted)

  1. To chase down prey and (usually) kill it.
    Her uncle is out deer hunting, now that it is open season.
  2. To try to find something; search.
    The little girl was hunting for shells on the beach.
  3. (transitive, of a horse) To ride at a hunt.
    Did you hunt that pony last week?

Noun

Hunt (plural Hunts)
  1. The act of hunting
  2. A hunting expedition
  3. An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to such an organization (capitalized if the name of a specific organization)

Adjectives for Hunt

fruitless; scavenger; vengeful; man.

Adverbs for Hunt

mercilessly; patiently; anxiously; fruitlessly; enthusiastically; intrepidly; passionately; wantonly; humanely; daringly.

Synonyms for Hunt

seek, chase, follow, probe, pursue, search, investigate, ferret, stalk, inquire.

Derived terms

Derived terms

Thesaurus

angle for, ask for, beat, beat about for, beat the bushes, beset, burrow, capture, cast about, chase, chase out, check out, chevy, chivy, course, coursing, cynegetics, delve, delve for, dig, dig for, dog, domiciliary visit, dragnet, drive, drive out, drum out, examine, exploration, explore, falcon, falconry, ferret, ferret out, fish for, flush, follow, follow the hounds, follow up, forage, force out, fowl, fox hunting, freeze out, frisk, give chase, go after, go gunning for, go hunting, go through, gun, gun for, gunning, harass, harry, harry out, hawk, hawking, hollo after, hound, house-search, hunt down, hunt for, hunt out, hunt up, hunting, investigate, jack, jacklight, kill, look, look around, look for, look round, look through, look up, make after, molest, nose around, oppress, perquisition, persecute, poke, poke around, posse, probe, prosecute, prowl after, pry, pry into, pursue, pursuit, push out, quest, quest after, raise the hunt, ransack, ransacking, research, ride to hounds, root, rout out, rummage, run, run after, run out, scour, search, search for, search party, search through, search warrant, search-and-destroy operation, searching, see to, seek, seek for, seek out, shikar, shoot, shooting, smell around, smoke out, snare, sport, sporting, stalk, stalking, start, still hunt, still-hunt, take out after, torment, trace, track, track down, tracking down, trail, try to find, turning over, venery, victimize

Etymology

From Middle English hunten, from Old English huntian (“to hunt”), from Proto-Germanic *huntōnan (“to hunt, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *kend- (“to catch, seize”). Related to Old High German hunda (“booty”), Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (hunþs, “body of captives”), Old English hūþ (“plunder, booty, prey”), Old English hentan (“to catch, seize”). More at hent, hint.

Pronunciation

Translations

Verb

to chase down prey
to search for something
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Noun

the act of hunting, shooting
hunting expedition
organization
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Estonian

Noun

Hunt

  1. wolf, grey wolf

Synonyms

Old High German

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *hundaz, whence also Old English hund, Old Norse hundr.

Noun

Hunt m.

  1. dog

Descendants

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