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Hunt

noun

1.

Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910). Synonyms: Holman Hunt, William Holman Hunt.

2.

United States architect (1827-1895). Synonym: Richard Morris Hunt.

3.

British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859). Synonyms: James Henry Leigh Hunt, Leigh Hunt.

4.

An association of huntsmen who hunt for sport. Synonym: hunt club.

5.

An instance of searching for something.

6.

The activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone. Synonyms: hunting, search.

7.

The work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts. Synonym: hunting.

8.

The pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport. Synonym: hunting.

verb

(past & past part. hunted; pres. part. hunting)

1.

Pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals). Synonyms: hunt down, run, track down. "The dogs are running deer" , "The Duke hunted in these woods"

2.

Pursue or chase relentlessly. Synonyms: hound, trace. "The detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"

3.

Chase away, with as with force.

4.

Yaw back and forth about a flight path.

5.

Oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent.

6.

Seek, search for.

7.

Search (an area) for prey.

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"Hunt" Quotes from Famous Books

... well furnished. After dinner, the Great Chamberlain commands cards to be brought with a great summe of money. This Duke in imagination playes with the chief of the Court. Then they carry him to walke in the gardein, and to hunt the hare, and to hawke. They bring him back into the pallace, where he sups in state. Candles being light the musitions begin to play; and the tables taken away, the gentlemen and gentlewomen fell to dancing. ...

— The Purgatory of St. Patrick • Pedro Calderon de la Barca

... fur of the beaver is highly prized. The men who hunt these animals are called trappers. 11. A gentleman once saw five young beavers playing. They would leap on the trunk of a tree that lay near a beaver dam, and would push one another off ...

— McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader • William Holmes McGuffey

... was to throw away all pretense of innocence. Fugitives from justice, they would have to disappear from sight in order to escape. The hunt for them would continue until ...

— The Yukon Trail - A Tale of the North • William MacLeod Raine

... Dinah wouldn't be such a little fool as to go too!" burst forth the Colonel. "She's sane enough, when she isn't larking about with other fools." He glared at Sir Eustace. "And how the devil are we to know where to look, I'd like to know? We can't hunt ...

— Greatheart • Ethel M. Dell

... was meant, then he laughed. "It sure is," he said. "If you don't want them I'll help you out. I'm hollow as a hound what's been on a hunt. Good thing Christmas don't come but once a year. You can cut out lunch better'n anything else for a save-up, though. That girl over there"—he pointed his finger behind him—"ain't had nothing but a glass of milk for a month. She's got some kiddie brothers ...

— How It Happened • Kate Langley Bosher

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