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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

... grounds, the dogs go in and dig for the fungi. Though there are multitudes of species, they bring out those only which are of market value. Some dogs, however, are employed by botanists, which will hunt for any especial species that may be shown to them. The great difficulty is to prevent them devouring the truffles, of which they are very fond. The best dogs, ...

— Fungi: Their Nature and Uses • Mordecai Cubitt Cooke

... and misery and being despoiled of all that they possessed. Muhammad exterminated whole tribes as if they had been vermin. Incensed at the refusal of the inhabitants of a certain harassed tract to pay the inordinate demands of his subordinates, he ordered out his army as if for a hunt, surrounded an extensive tract of country, closed the circle towards the centre, and slaughtered every living soul found therein. This amusement was repeated more than once, and on a subsequent occasion he ordered a general massacre of all the inhabitants of the old Hindu city ...

— A Forgotten Empire: Vijayanagar; A Contribution to the History of India • Robert Sewell

... no system of numbering houses and to hunt for some certain one is like hunting for a needle in a haymow. Like in all cities the people are pleasure loving and the parks and shows are well attended. In the very heart of the city is a square ...

— Birdseye Views of Far Lands • James T. Nichols

... sooner or later. At any rate, he would be no worse off than the many hundreds who had straggled during the march, for it was probable that the great majority of these were spread over the country, as the French, pressing forward in pursuit, would not have troubled themselves to hunt down fugitives, who, if caught, would only be an ...

— With Moore At Corunna • G. A. Henty

... these she had to fight against. Perhaps in the end they would conquer, and would hunt her to the death; but now, until she could get out of the country, she ...

— A Manifest Destiny • Julia Magruder

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