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HUNT definition: 1. to chase and try to catch and kill an animal or bird for food, sport, or profit: 2. in Britain…. Learn more.
verb (used with object) to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing. Synonyms: track, pursue. to pursue with force, hostility, etc., in order to capture (often followed by down ): They hunted him down and hanged him.
The meaning of HUNT is to pursue for food or in sport. How to use hunt in a sentence. to pursue for food or in sport; to manage in the search for game; to pursue with intent to capture…
1. to seek out and kill or capture (game or wild animals) for food or sport. 2. (intransitive; often foll by for) to look (for); search (for) to hunt for a book. to hunt up a friend. 3. (transitive) to use ( hounds, horses, etc) in the pursuit of wild animals, game, etc. to hunt a pack of hounds.
To hunt is to track and kill an animal for fun or food. In Italy, they use pigs to hunt truffles. In the US, they use shotguns to hunt deer. Some humans hunt animals with a gun or a bow and arrow, and some animals hunt smaller animals — the way a wolf hunts rabbits or a cat hunts birds.
to try to find something or someone: I've hunted all over the place, but I can't find that book. hunt for They are still hunting for the missing child. hunt high and low I've hunted high and low (= looked everywhere) for my gloves. Police are hunting the terrorists who planted the bomb.
[intransitive, transitive] to go after wild animals in order to catch or kill them for food, sport or to make money. Lions sometimes hunt alone. hunt something Whales are still being hunted and killed in the Arctic. hunt for something Cavemen had to hunt for their food. They watched the bald eagles hunting for fish.
vb. 1. (Hunting) to seek out and kill or capture (game or wild animals) for food or sport. 2. (often foll by: for) to look (for); search (for): to hunt for a book; to hunt up a friend. 3. (Hunting) ( tr) to use (hounds, horses, etc) in the pursuit of wild animals, game, etc: to hunt a pack of hounds. 4.
HUNT definition: 1. to chase and kill wild animals: 2. to search for something: 3. a person who hunts wild animals. Learn more.
Definition of hunt noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
