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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hunt /hʌnt/USA pronunciation v. - to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing: [~ + object]Do you need a license to hunt pheasant?[no object]They hunt in the spring.
- to chase (a person) in order to capture:[~ (+ down) + object]to hunt down a kidnapper.
- to search thoroughly: [~ + object]They were hunting the area for a new house.[no object]They were hunting for a new house.
- to pursue or take game in:[~ + object]Poachers have been hunting the woods.
n. [countable] - the act or practice of hunting.
- a search or pursuit;
a seeking to find:The hunt for the house took a year.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hunt (hunt),USA pronunciation v.t. - to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
- to pursue with force, hostility, etc., in order to capture (often fol. by down):They hunted him down and hanged him.
- to search for;
seek;
endeavor to obtain or find (often fol. by up or out):to hunt up the most promising candidates for the position. - to search (a place) thoroughly.
- to scour (an area) in pursuit of game.
- to use or direct (a horse, hound, etc.) in chasing game.
- Music and Dance[Change Ringing.]to alter the place of (a bell) in a hunt.
v.i. - to engage in the pursuit, capture, or killing of wild animals for food or in sport.
- to make a search or quest (often fol. by for or after).
- Music and Dance[Change Ringing.]to alter the place of a bell in its set according to certain rules.
n. - an act or practice of hunting game or other wild animals.
- a search;
a seeking or endeavor to find. - a pursuit.
- a group of persons associated for the purpose of hunting;
an association of hunters. - an area hunted over.
- Music and Dance[Change Ringing.]a regularly varying order of permutations in the ringing of a group of from five to twelve bells.
- bef. 1000; (verb, verbal) Middle English hunten, Old English huntian, derivative of hunta hunter, akin to hentan to pursue; (noun, nominal) Middle English, derivative of the verb, verbal
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged pursue, track.
Hunt (hunt),USA pronunciation n. (James Henry) Leigh (lē),USA pronunciation 1784–1859, English essayist, poet, and editor.- Biographical Richard Morris, 1828–95, U.S. architect.
(William) Holman (hōl′mən),USA pronunciation 1827–1910, English painter.- Biographical William Morris, 1824–79, U.S. painter (brother of Richard Morris Hunt).
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