English to English
Hunt
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noun (n)
- Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- an instance of searching for something(noun.cognition)Example:
The hunt for submarines.
source: wordnet30 - the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)(verb.competition)Example:
Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland.
The Duke hunted in these woods.
source: wordnet30 - chase away, with as with force(verb.motion)Example:
They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood.
source: wordnet30 - yaw back and forth about a flight path(verb.motion)source: wordnet30
- oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent(verb.motion)Example:
The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency.
source: wordnet30 - seek, search for(verb.contact)Example:
She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them.
source: wordnet30 - search (an area) for prey(verb.competition)Example:
The King used to hunt these forests.
source: wordnet30 - To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer.(verb)source: webster1913
- To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds.(verb)source: webster1913
- 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, or the like; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel.(verb)source: webster1913
- To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.(verb)source: webster1913