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Definition of 'hunt' Noun
- Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
Synonyms: Holman Hunt William Holman Hunt - United States architect (1827-1895)
Synonyms: Richard Morris Hunt - British writer who defended the romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)
Synonyms: Leigh Hunt James Henry Leigh Hunt - an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
Synonyms: hunt club - an instance of searching for something; "the hunt for submarines"
- the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
Synonyms: search hunting - the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
Synonyms: hunting - the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
Synonyms: hunting Verb
- pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"
Synonyms: run hunt down track down - pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found the him"
Synonyms: hound trace - chase away, with as with force; "They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood"
- yaw back and forth about a flight path; "the plane's nose yawed"
- oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent; "The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency"
- seek, search for; "She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them"
- search (an area) for prey; "The King used to hunt these forests"
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