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hunt
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- pronunciation:
- huhnt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- phrases:
- hunt down
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
hunts, hunting, hunted |
| definition 1: |
to pursue (game animals) for food or sport.
He hunts deer in the fall.
- synonyms:
- chase
- similar words:
- ferret, pursue, stalk, track, trail
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| definition 2: |
to search for.
The police hunted the killer for months.- synonyms:
- search for, seek
- similar words:
- explore, look for, rummage
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| definition 3: |
to thoroughly search (a place or region).
I hunted the whole house for my passport.They hunted the forest for wild boar.- synonyms:
- rake, scour, search
- similar words:
- ransack, seek
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| definition 4: |
to chase or pursue with hostile intention.
In a rage, he hunted the swindler all over town.- synonyms:
- chase, pursue
- similar words:
- course, hound, run down, stalk, track, trail
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| related words: |
probe, prowl, rout, rummage, trace, want, wind |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to enter into a pursuit for game animals with the intent of killing them for food or sport.
I fish, but I don't hunt.- similar words:
- hawk
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| definition 2: |
to engage in a search.
I've been hunting for my keys all morning.- synonyms:
- search
- similar words:
- look
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| related words: |
delve, prey, probe, quest, rummage, scent, scour, stalk |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an act or instance of pursuing and killing wild animals.
The men left at dawn to begin the deer hunt.- synonyms:
- hunting
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| definition 2: |
a thorough search.
The hunt for the missing child began in the surrounding woods.The children look forward to the Easter egg hunt every year.- synonyms:
- search
- similar words:
- ferret, forage, pursuit, quest
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| related words: |
probe, prowl |
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| phrase: |
hunt down |
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kind of hunt |
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safari |
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natural hunter |
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predator |
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result of a hunt |
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game, kill, pelt, take |
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some actions associated with hunting |
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chase, kill, pursue, shoot, stalk, trace, track, trail, trap |
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some people associated with hunting |
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hunter, trapper |
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some things animals use for hunting |
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claws, horns, teeth |
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some things people use for hunting |
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arrow, boomerang, bow, camouflage, compass, decoy, gun, hound, knife, map, retriever, rifle |
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