hunt
/hʌnt/noun, verb1 syllable
Hunt means: pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals).
Synonyms for hunt13
noun, as in Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
noun, as in British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)
noun, as in United States architect (1827-1895)
noun, as in an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
noun, as in the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
noun, as in the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
verb, as in pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
verb, as in search (an area) for prey
What does hunt mean?15
verb
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)“Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland”
search (an area) for prey“The King used to hunt these forests”
pursue 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”
yaw back and forth about a flight path“the plane's nose yawed”
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”
noun
Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)
the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
United States architect (1827-1895)
an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
an instance of searching for something“the hunt for submarines”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with hunt?8
Hunt in a sentence
- Earlier today, the porcupine's spikes ruined the eagle's morning hunt.marioo
- A bat hunts food and eats at night, but sleeps during the day.CK
- Unlike most owls, the snowy owl also hunts during the day.sundown
- Logically, nobody hunts mammoths anymore today outside of stories, movies, and video games.shekitten
- Oleg hunts four-legged animals, but he can make an exception.Amastan
- Police officers are on the hunt for the escapee.Cangarejo
- The police have started a nationwide hunt for the criminal.CK
- Archaeologists are those who hunt for clues about the lifestyles of ancient peoples.unknown
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Forms of hunt
as a noun
- plural
- hunts
as a verb
- past tense
- hunted
- present participle
- hunting
- third-person singular
- hunts
- past participle
- hunted