Sekirov Dictionary

hunt

/hʌnt/

verb 8
noun 4
forms 5
phrases 6

verb8

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to look for and follow wild animals in order to kill them for food or for fun
- State Wildlife Management areas often offer licensed hunters the opportunity to hunt on public lands.
- Her uncle will go out and hunt for deer, now that it is open season.
•
To use or traverse in pursuit of game.
- He hunts the woods, or the country.
•
To try to find something; search (for).
- The little girl was hunting for shells on the beach.
- The police are hunting for evidence.
•
To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.
- He was hunted from the parish.
•
To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting.
- Did you hunt that pony last week?
•
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, etc.; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel.
- […] after which the inertia of the camera causes the motor to hunt with fluctuating speed. — 1995
To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.
To shift up and down in order regularly.

noun4

The act of hunting.
A hunting expedition.
An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.
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A pack of hunting dogs.
- the rim at the base has a hunt of dogs and stags on a running scroll — 1878

forms

hunted · hunting · hunteth · hunts · huntest

Phrases with hunt

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