Word Information

Hunt

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Definitions for Hunt

noun
Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
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Holman Hunt William Holman Hunt
noun
United States architect (1827-1895)
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Richard Morris Hunt
noun
British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)
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Leigh Hunt James Henry Leigh Hunt
noun
an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
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hunt club
noun
an instance of searching for something
Examples
  1. the hunt for submarines
noun
the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
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noun
the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
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noun
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
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verb
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
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run hunt down track down
Examples
  1. Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland
  2. The dogs are running deer
  3. The Duke hunted in these woods
verb
pursue or chase relentlessly
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Examples
  1. The hunters traced the deer into the woods
  2. the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him
verb
chase away, with as with force
Examples
  1. They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood
verb
yaw back and forth about a flight path
Examples
  1. the plane's nose yawed
verb
oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent
Examples
  1. The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency
verb
seek, search for
Examples
  1. She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them
verb
search (an area) for prey
Examples
  1. The King used to hunt these forests

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