hunt1 verbhunt2 noun
hunthunt1 /hʌnt/ ●●● W3 verb 
WORD ORIGINhunt1
Origin:
Old English huntianVERB TABLE
hunt
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | hunt |
| he, she, it | hunts | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | hunted |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have hunted |
| he, she, it | has hunted | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had hunted |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will hunt |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have hunted |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am hunting |
| he, she, it | is hunting | |
| you, we, they | are hunting | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was hunting |
| you, we, they | were hunting | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been hunting |
| he, she, it | has been hunting | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been hunting |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be hunting |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been hunting |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Friends and neighbors hunted everywhere, but no-one could find the child.
- I hunted all morning for the book of photos, but couldn't find it.
- Many opponents of the regime who escaped abroad were later hunted down and killed.
- Police are still hunting for the girl's killer.
- The leopard hunts at night.
- This isn't the season for hunting deer.
- Bears, it appeared, were hunted.
- He chatted about the weather, the racing, the poor scent out hunting - did she hunt?
- The little tern's numbers have been threatened since Victorian times when it was hunted for its snow-white plumage.
- They implicitly calculated the costs and benefits of hunting, gathering, and eating each other.
- Ullman the Second, ruler of Crolgaria for thirty years, died unexpectedly in a riding accident yesterday while hunting.
THESAURUS
to look carefully for someone or something: · Detectives continue to search for clues.· She searched through all his clothes.
to try to get someone or something you want or need: · I’m looking for something to wear for my sister’s wedding.· The band is looking for a singer.· He’s decided to look for a new career.
used especially when someone or something is difficult to find: · I spent half an hour trying to find a parking space.· She was in the kitchen, trying to find something to eat that wasn’t raw carrot.
formal to try to find something or someone – used especially about jobs, help, or information. Also used in newspaper advertisements when trying to find a suitable person: · They went there seeking work.· She decided to seek help.· Tall blond 18-year-old male seeks female 17+ for friendship.
to look for someone or something. Used when you look very carefully and thoroughly, or in the phrase house/job/bargain hunting: · I’ve hunted everywhere, but I can’t find a recipe for French onion soup.· She’s gone out bargain-hunting in the sales.
to be continuously looking for someone or something: · I’m always on the lookout for a good bargain.
to look for someone or something in every possible place: · The police say they will leave no stone unturned in their search for the killer.
Longman Language Activatorto catch someone after chasing them to stop someone from escaping, especially by running after them and then catching them - used especially by children when playing games: · "I bet you can't catch me!" yelled Katie, skipping away.· You choose sides, and one team hides and the other team tries to catch them.
to catch someone by forcing them into a room or space etc that they cannot escape from: · Douglas was cornered by the killers in the back bedroom of a seventh-floor apartment.· The boys cornered him on a subway platform and began beating him.
to catch someone that you have been chasing or trying to catch for some time: · Agents finally caught up with Danvers in Mexico City.
to catch someone in order to kill, hurt, or punish them, after chasing them or trying very hard to catch them: hunt down somebody: · Army troops are hunting down the guerrillas.hunt somebody down: · The agency was created to hunt down war criminals and bring them to justice.
to catch someone by using your skill and intelligence, or by forcing them into a place where they cannot escape: · The men were trapped at a road block near the junction of I-95 and Route 128.· Police have the man trapped inside a bar on the city's southside.
to look for someone or something when you do not know where they are to try to find something that you have lost, or someone who is not in the place where you expected them to be: · I'm looking for Simon -- have you seen him?· I've been looking everywhere for that key! Where did you find it?
to look for someone or something, especially when it is difficult to find them: · Jill was up in the attic trying to find her old school books.· I tried to find Jack to tell him the news, but he wasn't anywhere around.
especially spoken to look for someone or something, especially when you do it quickly or when you only look in one place: · "I can't find my shoes." "Have a look in your bedroom."have a look for: · I had a look for Clive but he wasn't in his office.have a quick look: · I'll just have a quick look for that book before we go.have a good look (=look carefully and thoroughly): · We don't have time to find it now - we'll have a good look in the morning.
to look carefully and thoroughly for someone or something, especially when it is very important that you find them: · Coastguards are still searching for survivors from the ship.· Friends and neighbours joined police officers to search for clues.
especially spoken if you go in search of someone or something, you go somewhere in order to find them: go/set off in search of: · She stayed and talked for a while, then went off in search of Flynn.
to look urgently and thoroughly for someone or something in every possible place: · Friends and neighbors hunted everywhere, but no-one could find the child.hunt for: · I hunted all morning for the book of photos, but couldn't find it.
when the police are looking for a criminal to look for someone who has been involved in a crime or who has escaped from prison: · Police are still looking for three men who stole £55,000 from a post office in York.· Police searching for the killer of a nine-year-old girl have appealed to the public for help.
informal to be trying to find and catch someone who has done something wrong: · She said she was frightened because the police were after her.· The man we're after is one of the biggest drug-dealers in South America.
to search for a criminal - use this when a large number of police are making an organized search over a wide area: hunt for: · Police are still hunting for the girl's killer.hunt somebody down (=search for a criminal until you find them): · Many opponents of the regime who escaped abroad were later hunted down and killed.
WORD SETSaerobics, nounangler, nounangling, nounaquaplane, verbaquaplane, nounarcher, nounarchery, nounascent, nounathletics, nounbackboard, nounbadminton, nounbag, nounbag, verbbait, nounbait, verbbalance beam, nounballooning, nounbantamweight, nounbarbell, nounbasket, nounbasketball, nounbaton, nounbeam, nounbeat, verbbeater, nounbig game, nounbird dog, nounbirdie, nounbite, nounblack belt, nounblade, nounblind, nounblood sport, nounbobsleigh, nounbody building, nounbowling, nounboxing, nounbull, nounbullfight, nounbullring, nouncaber, nouncalisthenics, nouncallisthenics, nouncartwheel, nouncast, verbcast, nouncaving, nouncentre, nouncheckered flag, nounchin-up, nouncircuit, nounclay pigeon shooting, nounclimb, verbclimb, nounclimber, nounclimbing, nounclose season, nouncock fight, nouncockpit, nounconquer, verbconversion, nouncorner, nouncrew, nouncroquet, nouncross, nouncross-country, nouncurling, noundecathlon, noundecoy, noundirt track, noundiscus, noundogfight, noundrag race, noundumbbell, noundunk, verbeight, numberexercise, nounexercise, verbexercise bike, nounface-off, nounfalconer, nounfalconry, nounfall, nounfeather, verbfeatherweight, nounfeint, verbfence, verbfencer, nounfencing, nounfield event, nounfield goal, nounfield hockey, nounfigure, nounfigure skating, nounflat racing, nounfloat, nounfloor, verbfly, nounflyfishing, nounfly half, nounflyweight, nounfoil, nounfoothold, nounforward, nounforward roll, nounfoxhunting, nounfun run, nounGaelic football, noungaff, noungame, noungliding, noungo-cart, noungo-kart, noungrand master, nounGrand Prix, noungrid, nounground bait, nounguard, noungym, noungymnast, noungymnastics, nounhandball, nounhang-gliding, nounheadlock, nounheadstand, nounhealth club, nounheavyweight, nounhockey, nounhold, nounhoming pigeon, nounhook, nounhook, verbhot dog, verbhound, nounhunt, verbhunt, nounhunter, nounhunting, nounhunting ground, nounhuntress, nounhunt saboteur, nounhuntsman, nounhurdle, nounhurdle, verbhurling, nounice hockey, nounice rink, nounice skate, nounice-skate, verbinside track, nounisometrics, nounjack, nounjavelin, nounjog, verbjog, nounjogger, nounjogging, nounjudo, nounjujitsu, nounkarate, nounkeeper, nounkickboxing, nounknockout, nounknock-up, nounkung fu, nounlacrosse, nounlanding net, nounlawn bowling, nounlawn tennis, nounlay-up, nounleague, nounlight heavyweight, nounlightweight, nounline-out, nounlock, nounlodge, nounlure, nounmarathon, nounmartial art, nounmat, nounmeet, nounmiddle-distance, adjectivemiddleweight, nounmiler, nounmountaineer, nounmountaineering, nounnet, verbninepins, nounnursery slope, nounobstacle course, nounobstacle race, nounone-two, nounopen season, nounorienteering, nounoutpoint, verbpaddle, nounparagliding, nounparallel bars, nounparasailing, nounparascending, nounpentathlon, nounpicador, nounpin, nounPing-Pong, nounpiste, nounpiton, nounpit stop, nounpole position, nounpolo, nounpommel horse, nounpotholing, nounpress-up, nounprizefight, nounpuck, nounpunch-drunk, adjectivepurse, nounpush-up, nounquarry, nounrace, nounrace car, nounracing car, nounracquetball, nounrally, nounrider, nounrink, nounrock climbing, nounrod, nounround, nounrounders, nounrowing, nounruck, nounrugby, nounRugby League, nounRugby Union, nounrugger, nounrun, verbrun, nounrunner, nounrunning, nounsailboard, nounsailing, nounscramble, nounscrum, nounscrumhalf, nounshadow boxing, nounshoot, verbshooting, nounshot put, nounshuttlecock, nounsit-up, nounskate, nounskate, verbskateboard, nounskating, nounskating rink, nounskeet shooting, nounski, nounski, verbski boot, nounskier, nounskiing, nounski jump, nounski lift, nounskin-diving, nounski pole, nounski run, nounskydiving, nounslalom, nounslow-pitch, nounsnare, nounsnare, verbsnooker, nounsnowboard, nounsoftball, nounspeed skating, nounspeedway, nounspeleology, nounspinner, nounsprint, nounsprinter, nounsquash, nounstar jump, nounsteeplechase, nounstep, nounstrike, nounstroke, nounsumo, nounsurf, verbsurfboard, nounsurfing, nountable tennis, nounT'ai Chi, nounT-ball, nountenpin, nountenpin bowling, nounthrow, verbtoehold, nountouchdown, nountouch football, nountouchline, nountrack, nountrack and field, nountrack event, nountrack meet, nountraining, nountrampoline, nountrap, nountrapeze, nountravel, verbtraverse, nountriathlon, nountriple jump, nountry, nountug-of-war, nountumble, verbtumbling, nounvelodrome, nounvolleyball, nounwater polo, nounwater skiing, nounweigh-in, nounweight, nounweightlifting, nounwelterweight, nounwind-surfing, nounwinter sports, nounwrestler, nounwrestling, nounyacht, nounyardarm, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
These fields served as a hunting ground for the local people. The rivers are used as dumping grounds for industrial waste. He is buried in sacred ground.
· They're off to do some bargain hunting at the January sales.
· Investigators descended on the crime scene hunting for clues.
· He was joined on his hunting expedition by two local guides.
These fields served as a hunting ground for the local people. The rivers are used as dumping grounds for industrial waste. He is buried in sacred ground. (=the activity of looking at houses that you might buy)· Have you had any success with your house hunting?
· The fines for illegal parking are likely to increase.
(=a licence that allows you to fish/hunt)· He renewed his hunting license.
· Autumn was traditionally the hunting season.
· Some countries continue to hunt whales, even though they have no real use for them and the whales are in danger of extinction.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· After a great deal of hunting around with flashlights, the plain-clothes policemen were forced to go away empty-handed.· He did a lot of hunting around here.· It also announced that it would take no new orders as it hunts around for a cash injection to keep it solvent.· Bowman forced his fingers to hunt around, and presently discovered the pear-shaped bulb.
· The servants of Chaos were hunted down in the forests, and many wild and long-abandoned lands were re-settled.· Those who refused, he said, were hunted down and killed by Arellano hit squads.· She hunted down the telephone number through directory enquiries and then rang.· They may hunt down a historic building they read about in the morning paper.· The thief had to be hunted down, taught a lesson, keys had to be thrown away.· Isabella now sent Henry of Lancaster to the lordship of Glamorgan to hunt down the king and the younger Despenser.· Soon the hated secret police were being hunted down and shot in the streets.· Those who fought back were declared outlaws and hunted down.
· He chatted about the weather, the racing, the poor scent out hunting - did she hunt?· Then one day he went out hunting with his younger brother.· I've seen him twice out hunting, when we were following by car.· One day the elder of the two went out hunting, and disappeared.· But the sins are there, in small corners, to be hunted out.· He was out hunting and hot and thirsty entered a grotto where a little stream widened into a pool.· So each interviewer goes out hunting for informants who fit into the right boxes - or quotas.· When the twins were out hunting, she ran between them in the form of a ravishing doe.
NOUN· There was a lot of shooting and fishing and hunting of deer.· Mark deployed his vivid imagination in a wild-child narrative to create a boy who hunts deer, bears, and birds.· The Qawrighul people hunted deer, wild sheep and birds, and fished.· In autumn they hunted deer on Joseph Creek on their return.
· There, for 20 years, she had watched helplessly as that country's wildlife was systematically hunted to extinction.· Whales, too, were hunted to near extinction before the moratorium-of 1986.· The aurochs are thought to have been hunted to extinction in Britain during the Bronze Age.· The big cat has been hunted to near extinction.· Wolves, which are clean and beautiful, have been hunted almost to extinction because they are seen as dangerous.
· Scathach used the periods of summer to hunt for food, and gather edible plants.· The concealed flakes must have reminded him of hunting for food on a shingle beach.· Consider the following scenario: a caveman leaves his cave one day setting out in order to hunt for food.· Coyotes hunt in packs when their food is deer but hunt alone when their food is mice.· Another theory was that the tusks protect the eyes when the babirusa is hunting for food among thorny undergrowth.· Then send the animals to hunt for food.· Would their behaviour alter dramatically if they were left to hunt for food in the wild?· Soon the hunters who travelled by rail hunted not for food or protection, but for trophies and sport.
· The last minutes of their lives were pieced together by forensic teams hunting the killers.· Detectives hunting Damilola's killers have found a kitchen knife with cloth wrapped around the handle and a broken bottle.· Read in studio Police hunting the killer of a pensioner last Christmas have arrested a man.· Again she went alone, because the Goad case came along and he had to hunt down a gangland killer.
· He attacked the lobby system of political reporting and the increased tendency for critics to hunt as a pack.· Coyotes hunt in packs when their food is deer but hunt alone when their food is mice.· These were the first examples my research threw up, which leads me to wonder why the letter H hunts in packs.· Mobs hunted in packs, smashing windows and looting goods.· While they're suitably snotty, they don't hunt in packs - we're not talking Axi Rose's scapegoats here.· They hunted in packs, and were individually from two to three metres long.
· Read in studio Police hunting the so called Fishermead rapist in Milton Keynes have new leads following a nationwide appeal.· The man police are hunting after double rape.· Hunt for murder victim's clothes POLICE hunting a businessman's killer appealed yesterday for help to find his clothes.· Hitmen hunt: 7 seized POLICE hunting the contract killers of accountant David Wilson arrested six men and a woman yesterday.· They first told police they had been hunting for foxes.· Read in studio Police are hunting a gang of armed robbers who've invaded three homes of people in their eighties.· Police link truck to house break-in POLICE are hunting two men believed to be responsible for a break-in in Stisted.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1[intransitive, transitive] to chase animals and birds in order to kill or catch them: - I pass up a roadside rest area, a happy hunting ground for new cars and ready cash.
- In the early years of this century, many a collector found Madeira a happy hunting ground.
- Scandinavia was a happy hunting ground for him and he did the same for Nicolai Gedda.
- A strange feeling of expectation mixed with our fear as we became caught up in the thrill of the hunt.
- But it is not every image that succeeds in suggesting something of the thrill of the hunt as well as curiosity.
- Was it just the thrill of the chase?
the slopes where I hunted deer as a kid Wolves tend to hunt in packs (=hunt in groups).2[intransitive] to look for someone or something very carefully SYN searchhunt for The kids were hunting for shells on the beach. Detectives are busy hunting for clues.► see thesaurus at search3[intransitive, transitive] to search for and try to catch a criminal or someone who is your enemy: The police are still hunting the killer.hunt for The FBI were called in to hunt for the spy.4[intransitive, transitive] British English to hunt foxes as a sport, riding on horses and using dogshunt somebody/something ↔ down phrasal verb to search for a person or animal until you catch them, especially in order to punish or kill them: The government agency was created to hunt down war criminals.hunt somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb1to search for someone or something in order to catch, kill, or destroy them: The plane was on a mission to hunt out enemy submarines.2to search for and find something that you need or want, but that is difficult to find: In the school library, he hunted out books on politics.hunt1 verbhunt2 noun
hunthunt2 ●●○ noun [countable] EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Police have launched a nationwide hunt for the killer.
- Essentially Britain is abandoning the hunt for cannabis smugglers and dealers in a dramatic relaxation of policy on the drug.
- How do you make a film of a man faking a documentary about a lion hunt?
- Sometimes such hunts are dismissed and sometimes not.
- The hunters were not even breaking even, yet the hunt continued despite the falling catches.
- What had started out as a quest for metallic hydrogen now became a serious hunt for fusion.
Longman Language Activatoran attempt to find something or someone
an attempt to find someone or something, especially when this is well organized and a lot of people are doing it: search for: · Rescuers are continuing their search for survivors of the crash.· Their search for gold took them west to Washington State.carry out a search (=do a search): · FBI agents carried out a search of all the nightclubs in the area.search party (=an organized group of people searching for someone who is lost): · When the men did not return, the commanding officer sent out a search party.house-to-house search (=when every house in an area is searched): · Police are carrying out house-to-house searches in villages near the scene of the murder.
an organized search by a lot of people, especially to find a criminal: · Police have launched a nationwide hunt for the killer.
a sudden visit by the police to a building in order to look for criminals, drugs, stolen goods etc: · Raids are almost a nightly occurrence at this club.raid on: · Seven people were injured in last night's police raid on a house in Brixton, South London.
a search that is a waste of time and effort, either because the thing you are looking for does not exist or you have been given wrong information: · I had a feeling that the trip up to Edinburgh might turn out to be a wild goose chase.send/take somebody on a wild goose chase: · He lied and took us on a wild goose chase to North Yorkshire.
WORD SETSaerobics, nounangler, nounangling, nounaquaplane, verbaquaplane, nounarcher, nounarchery, nounascent, nounathletics, nounbackboard, nounbadminton, nounbag, nounbag, verbbait, nounbait, verbbalance beam, nounballooning, nounbantamweight, nounbarbell, nounbasket, nounbasketball, nounbaton, nounbeam, nounbeat, verbbeater, nounbig game, nounbird dog, nounbirdie, nounbite, nounblack belt, nounblade, nounblind, nounblood sport, nounbobsleigh, nounbody building, nounbowling, nounboxing, nounbull, nounbullfight, nounbullring, nouncaber, nouncalisthenics, nouncallisthenics, nouncartwheel, nouncast, verbcast, nouncaving, nouncentre, nouncheckered flag, nounchin-up, nouncircuit, nounclay pigeon shooting, nounclimb, verbclimb, nounclimber, nounclimbing, nounclose season, nouncock fight, nouncockpit, nounconquer, verbconversion, nouncorner, nouncrew, nouncroquet, nouncross, nouncross-country, nouncurling, noundecathlon, noundecoy, noundirt track, noundiscus, noundogfight, noundrag race, noundumbbell, noundunk, verbeight, numberexercise, nounexercise, verbexercise bike, nounface-off, nounfalconer, nounfalconry, nounfall, nounfeather, verbfeatherweight, nounfeint, verbfence, verbfencer, nounfencing, nounfield event, nounfield goal, nounfield hockey, nounfigure, nounfigure skating, nounflat racing, nounfloat, nounfloor, verbfly, nounflyfishing, nounfly half, nounflyweight, nounfoil, nounfoothold, nounforward, nounforward roll, nounfoxhunting, nounfun run, nounGaelic football, noungaff, noungame, noungliding, noungo-cart, noungo-kart, noungrand master, nounGrand Prix, noungrid, nounground bait, nounguard, noungym, noungymnast, noungymnastics, nounhandball, nounhang-gliding, nounheadlock, nounheadstand, nounhealth club, nounheavyweight, nounhockey, nounhold, nounhoming pigeon, nounhook, nounhook, verbhot dog, verbhound, nounhunt, verbhunt, nounhunter, nounhunting, nounhunting ground, nounhuntress, nounhunt saboteur, nounhuntsman, nounhurdle, nounhurdle, verbhurling, nounice hockey, nounice rink, nounice skate, nounice-skate, verbinside track, nounisometrics, nounjack, nounjavelin, nounjog, verbjog, nounjogger, nounjogging, nounjudo, nounjujitsu, nounkarate, nounkeeper, nounkickboxing, nounknockout, nounknock-up, nounkung fu, nounlacrosse, nounlanding net, nounlawn bowling, nounlawn tennis, nounlay-up, nounleague, nounlight heavyweight, nounlightweight, nounline-out, nounlock, nounlodge, nounlure, nounmarathon, nounmartial art, nounmat, nounmeet, nounmiddle-distance, adjectivemiddleweight, nounmiler, nounmountaineer, nounmountaineering, nounnet, verbninepins, nounnursery slope, nounobstacle course, nounobstacle race, nounone-two, nounopen season, nounorienteering, nounoutpoint, verbpaddle, nounparagliding, nounparallel bars, nounparasailing, nounparascending, nounpentathlon, nounpicador, nounpin, nounPing-Pong, nounpiste, nounpiton, nounpit stop, nounpole position, nounpolo, nounpommel horse, nounpotholing, nounpress-up, nounprizefight, nounpuck, nounpunch-drunk, adjectivepurse, nounpush-up, nounquarry, nounrace, nounrace car, nounracing car, nounracquetball, nounrally, nounrider, nounrink, nounrock climbing, nounrod, nounround, nounrounders, nounrowing, nounruck, nounrugby, nounRugby League, nounRugby Union, nounrugger, nounrun, verbrun, nounrunner, nounrunning, nounsailboard, nounsailing, nounscramble, nounscrum, nounscrumhalf, nounshadow boxing, nounshoot, verbshooting, nounshot put, nounshuttlecock, nounsit-up, nounskate, nounskate, verbskateboard, nounskating, nounskating rink, nounskeet shooting, nounski, nounski, verbski boot, nounskier, nounskiing, nounski jump, nounski lift, nounskin-diving, nounski pole, nounski run, nounskydiving, nounslalom, nounslow-pitch, nounsnare, nounsnare, verbsnooker, nounsnowboard, nounsoftball, nounspeed skating, nounspeedway, nounspeleology, nounspinner, nounsprint, nounsprinter, nounsquash, nounstar jump, nounsteeplechase, nounstep, nounstrike, nounstroke, nounsumo, nounsurf, verbsurfboard, nounsurfing, nountable tennis, nounT'ai Chi, nounT-ball, nountenpin, nountenpin bowling, nounthrow, verbtoehold, nountouchdown, nountouch football, nountouchline, nountrack, nountrack and field, nountrack event, nountrack meet, nountraining, nountrampoline, nountrap, nountrapeze, nountravel, verbtraverse, nountriathlon, nountriple jump, nountry, nountug-of-war, nountumble, verbtumbling, nounvelodrome, nounvolleyball, nounwater polo, nounwater skiing, nounweigh-in, nounweight, nounweightlifting, nounwelterweight, nounwind-surfing, nounwinter sports, nounwrestler, nounwrestling, nounyacht, nounyardarm, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY These fields served as a hunting ground for the local people. The rivers are used as dumping grounds for industrial waste. He is buried in sacred ground.
(=used to say that people have started looking for someone or something)
(=a search for a person who has killed someone)
British English informal (=look for something) I’ll have a hunt around for it in my desk.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES I’ll have a hunt around for it in my desk.· They're off to do some bargain hunting at the January sales.
· Investigators descended on the crime scene hunting for clues.
· He was joined on his hunting expedition by two local guides.
These fields served as a hunting ground for the local people. The rivers are used as dumping grounds for industrial waste. He is buried in sacred ground. (=the activity of looking at houses that you might buy)· Have you had any success with your house hunting?
· The fines for illegal parking are likely to increase.
(=a licence that allows you to fish/hunt)· He renewed his hunting license.
· Autumn was traditionally the hunting season.
· Some countries continue to hunt whales, even though they have no real use for them and the whales are in danger of extinction.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· During the nationwide hunt for Stephanie's kidnapper the case was featured on Crimewatch on February 20 last year.· We can't do a nationwide hunt for the man, it's not on.· Police launched a nationwide hunt for Dawn Loasby, 33, amid fears for their safety.· Police have launched a nationwide hunt for Moore, who has served a jail sentence for armed robbery.· Cope's insistence on pressing all formats in a specific shade of blue led to a nationwide hunt for an appropriate plant.· Rhodes and her baby were at the centre of a nationwide hunt last month when they went missing.· A nationwide hunt has been launched.
NOUN· I have also started to write about the lion hunt organized by Claudia for Waindell Leavitt.· Much of the money went to airing the videotape of the lion hunt, shot in Idaho six years ago.· How do you make a film of a man faking a documentary about a lion hunt?· The laibon believes that he can pinpoint the beginning of his troubles to this lion hunt.· This man, Tepilit, was injured helping me with the filming of a lion hunt.· I heard about the lion hunt.· He simply sees a connection between the sham lion hunt and the all-too-real execution of his brother.
· Ten thousand pound reward in murder hunt.· A murder hunt was about to begin.· Police initially believed the pair had died in the fire - but within three days a full-scale murder hunt was launched.· Now a new television programme re-tells the murder hunt.· The murder hunt team are now back at square one after having arrested and released 27 men.· Judge comes down hard on acid attackers. Murder hunt.· The Yard launched the biggest murder hunt London has seen for years in the search for Miss Dando's killer.
· The hunt saboteurs say they were threatened after the incident.· As for whether it was hunt saboteurs or home-going Christmas drunks, the station will make all possible enquiries.· Read in studio Two huntsmen have been jailed for two months for knocking down a hunt saboteur with a four wheeled buggy.
· We have over a million shooters and hunt supporters who used their vote.· But hunt supporters say they're not worried.· Jailed: The hunt supporters who used a buggy as a weapon.· Both hunt supporters were given unconditional bail and they left court without comment.· But hunt supporters say it won't affect them.· As hunt supporters made their case, their opponents delivered a 16,000 name petition.· It's first time hunt supporters have been jailed for assaulting a protester.· The hunt supporters believe the ban in unlawful and plan to challenge it in the courts.
· There will be a daylong jamboree, treasure hunt and barbecue on the Saturday.· First we're going to send you on a treasure hunt, collecting information from the magazine.· Treasure September sees the launch of the appeal raffle and a treasure hunt at a venue to be fixed.· The indoor table top games, such as treasure hunts and building Stonehenge, are aimed at improving management and team building skills.· Children can enjoy a special treasure hunt, a bouncy castle and Punch and Judy shows.· Great for treasure hunts and decorating cakes.· Activities include a treasure hunt, country dancing, a bouncy castle, kite-making and painting.
· We would all do well to remember that, and not transform a debate about right-wing imagery into a witch hunt.· He has accused Starr, the independent Whitewater counsel, of conducting a partisan witch hunt.· First, they generated a witch hunt inside the palace to discover my sources.· Why was the witch hunt of the l9S0s mobilized at that particular time?· Instead of a witch hunt, the government showed a united front.
VERB· The chasers join in the hunt once the monkeys are on the move.· Will convinces the pair not to eat them, but instead join forces in the hunt for the pirates and their captives.· Many sacrificed some of their Christmas holiday to join the hunt for her.· And Auntie Nan decided to join the hunt.
· Police launched a nationwide hunt for Dawn Loasby, 33, amid fears for their safety.· Police have launched a nationwide hunt for Moore, who has served a jail sentence for armed robbery.· The Yard launched the biggest murder hunt London has seen for years in the search for Miss Dando's killer.
· But the officer leading the hunt says he's convinced the girl's story is genuine.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1an occasion when people chase animals in order to kill or catch themlion/rhino/stag etc hunt2[usually singular] a search for someone or something that is difficult to findhunt for- I pass up a roadside rest area, a happy hunting ground for new cars and ready cash.
- In the early years of this century, many a collector found Madeira a happy hunting ground.
- Scandinavia was a happy hunting ground for him and he did the same for Nicolai Gedda.
- A strange feeling of expectation mixed with our fear as we became caught up in the thrill of the hunt.
- But it is not every image that succeeds in suggesting something of the thrill of the hunt as well as curiosity.
- Was it just the thrill of the chase?
the hunt for the missing childthe hunt is on (=used to say that people have started looking for someone or something)murder hunt (=a search for a person who has killed someone)have a hunt around for something British English informal (=look for something) I’ll have a hunt around for it in my desk. → treasure hunt, witch-hunt3a sporting event in Britain in which people ride on horses and hunt foxes using dogs4in Britain, a group of people who regularly hunt foxes together