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Hunt

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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh 1784-1859.
British writer and editor of the Examiner (1806-1808). He is known for his essays defending romanticism.

Hunt, Richard Morris 1827-1895.
American architect who supervised an addition to the Louvre in Paris and designed an extension of the U.S. Capitol (1855) as well as the base of the Statue of Liberty.

Hunt, (William) Holman 1827-1910.
British painter who with Rossetti and Millais founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His works include The Light of the World (1854) and The Scapegoat (1856).

Hunt, William Morris 1824-1879.
American painter who brought the painting of the French Barbizon school to the attention of American artists and collectors.

hunt  (hnt)
v. hunt·ed, hunt·ing, hunts
v.tr.
1. To pursue (game) for food or sport.
2. To search through (an area) for prey: hunted the ridges.
3. To make use of (hounds, for example) in pursuing game.
4. To pursue intensively so as to capture or kill: hunted down the escaped convict.
5. To seek out; search for.
6. To drive out forcibly, especially by harassing; chase away: hunted the newcomers out of town.
v.intr.
1. To pursue game.
2. To make a search; seek.
3. Aerospace
a. To yaw back and forth about a flight path, as if seeking a new direction or another angle of attack. Used of an aircraft, rocket, or space vehicle.
b. To rotate up and down or back and forth without being deflected by the pilot. Used of a control surface or a rocket motor in gimbals.
4. Engineering
a. To oscillate about a selected value. Used of a machine, instrument, or system.
b. To swing back and forth; oscillate. Used of an indicator on a display or instrument panel.
n.
1. The act or sport of hunting: an enthusiast for the hunt.
2.
a. A hunting expedition or outing, usually with horses and hounds.
b. Those taking part in such an expedition or outing.
3. A diligent search or pursuit: on a hunt for cheap gas.

[Middle English hunten, from Old English huntian.]

hunt
Verb
1. to seek out and kill (animals) for food or sport
2. hunt for to search for: Western companies are hunting for opportunities to invest
3. hunt down to track in an attempt to capture (someone): hunting down villains
Noun
1. the act or an instance of hunting
2. a party organized for the pursuit of wild animals for sport
3. the members of such a party [Old English huntian]
hunting n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.HuntHunt - Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
2.HuntHunt - United States architect (1827-1895)
3.HuntHunt - British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)
4.hunt - an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
gild, guild, social club, society, club, lodge, order - a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"
5.hunt - an instance of searching for something; "the hunt for submarines"
search - the examination of alternative hypotheses; "his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful"
6.Hunthunt - the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"
exploration - a careful systematic search
foraging, forage - the act of searching for food and provisions
frisk, frisking - the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs; "he gave the suspect a quick frisk"
looking for, looking - the act of searching visually
manhunt - an organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime)
seeking, quest - the act of searching for something; "a quest for diamonds"
ransacking, rummage - a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion); "he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis"
scouring - moving over territory to search for something; "scouring the entire area revealed nothing"
shakedown - a very thorough search of a person or a place; "a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs"
7.hunt - the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
canned hunt - a hunt for animals that have been raised on game ranches until they are mature enough to be killed for trophy collections
toil, labor, labour - productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"
stalking, still hunt, stalk - a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush
birdnesting - hunting for birds' nests to get the eggs
predation - the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey
8.Hunthunt - the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
field sport, outdoor sport - a sport that is played outdoors
blood sport - sport that involves killing animals (especially hunting)
battue - a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter
beagling - hunting rabbits with beagles
coursing - hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent
deer hunt, deer hunting - hunting deer
duck hunting, ducking - hunting ducks
fox hunting, foxhunt - mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox
pigsticking - the sport of hunting wild boar with spears
bag - capture or kill, as in hunting; "bag a few pheasants"
batfowl - catch birds by temporarily blinding them
snare, trammel, trap, ensnare, entrap - catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes"
gin - trap with a snare; "gin game"
Verb1.Hunthunt - 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"
snipe - hunt or shoot snipe
whale - hunt for whales
still-hunt, ambush - hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing
turtle - hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation
drive - hunting: chase from cover into more open ground; "drive the game"
drive - hunting: search for game; "drive the forest"
rabbit - hunt rabbits
fowl - hunt fowl in the forest
poach - hunt illegally; "people are poaching elephants for their ivory"
seal - hunt seals
ferret - hunt with ferrets
hunt - search (an area) for prey; "The King used to hunt these forests"
course - hunt with hounds; "He often courses hares"
foxhunt - hunt foxes, on horseback and with dogs
jacklight, jack - hunt with a jacklight
hawk - hunt with hawks; "the tribes like to hawk in the desert"
falcon - hunt with falcons; "The tribes like to falcon in the desert"
fowl - hunt fowl
capture, catch - capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap today"
run - cause an animal to move fast; "run the dogs"
forage, scrounge - collect or look around for (food)
2.Hunthunt - pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"
dog, give chase, go after, chase, tail, chase after, trail, track, tag - go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
ferret - hound or harry relentlessly
3.hunt - chase away, with as with force; "They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood"
drive out, rouse, rout out, force out - force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M."
4.hunt - yaw back and forth about a flight path; "the plane's nose yawed"
aeroplane, airplane, plane - an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"
yaw - deviate erratically from a set course; "the yawing motion of the ship"
5.hunt - oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent; "The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency"
oscillate, vibrate - move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating"
6.hunt - seek, search for; "She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them"
look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"
7.hunt - search (an area) for prey; "The King used to hunt these forests"
hunt, hunt down, track down, run - 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"
search, look - search or seek; "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!"

hunt
hunt for something or someone search for, look for, try to find, seek for, forage for, rummage for, scour for, look high and low, fossick for Austral., N.Z. go in quest of, ferret about for
Translations
hunt [hʌnt] vt (= seek) → buscar;
(SPORT) → cazar
vicazar
ncaza, cacería
hunt down vtacorralar, seguir la pista a

hunt [hʌnt] vt (= seek) → chercher [+ criminal]; pourchasser;
(Sport) → chasser
vi (= search);
to hunt for → chercher (partout);
(Sport) → chasser n (Sport) → chasse f
hunt down vtpourchasser

hunt [hʌnt] vtjagen;
(criminal, fugitive) → fahnden nach
vi (Sport) → jagen
n (see vb) → Jagd f; Fahndung f;
(search) → Suche f;
to hunt for (search) → suchen (nach)
hunt down hunt vtJagd machen auf +acc

hunt [hʌnt] vt (= seek) → cercare;
(SPORT) → cacciare
viandare a caccia
ncaccia
hunt down vtscovare

hunt
v hunt [hant]
1 to chase (animals etc) for food or for sport He spent the whole day hunting (deer). jag يَصْطاد، يَبْحَثُ عَن ловувам lovit jage jagen κυνηγώ cazar küttima شكار كردن metsästää chasser לצוּד शिकार करना goniti, loviti vadászik berburu veiða cacciare 狩る 사냥하다 medžioti medīt memburu jagen gå på jakt polować caçar a vâna охотиться loviť loviti loviti jaga ล่าสัตว์ avla(n)mak 追獵 полювати شکار کرنا săn bắn
2 to pursue or drive out The murderer was hunted from town to town. soek, jag يُطارِد، يُلاحِق ловя pronásledovat jage jagen καταδιώκω buscar; perseguir taga ajama تعقيب كردن ajaa takaa pourchasser לַעֲשוֹת מָצוֹד पीछा करना tražiti, goniti üldöz mengejar elta; reka burt inseguire; scacciare 追跡する 추적하다 vyti vajāt; izsekot; meklēt buru (op)jagen jage (etter) tropić, poszukiwać caçar a urmări преследовать prenasledovať zasledovati goniti jaga ไล่ล่า izini sürmek, peşine düşmek 窮追 цькувати, переслідувати کھدیڑنا săn đuổi; tìm kiếm
n
1 the act of hunting animals etc a tiger hunt. jag صَيْد، إصْطِياد лов lov jagt; -jagt die Jagd κυνήγι caza jaht شكار metsästys chasse צַיִד शिकार lov vadászat pemburuan veiði(ferð) caccia 狩り 사냥 medžioklė medības pemburuan jacht jakt polowanie caçada vânătoare охота lov, poľovačka lov lov jakt การล่าสัตว์ av 打獵 полювання جانوروں کا شکار cuộc đi săn
2 a search I'll have a hunt for that lost necklace. soektog بَحْث، تَفْتيش търсене pátrání lede efter die Suche αναζήτηση busca, búsqueda, rastreo; exploración otsing جستجو etsintä recherche מָצוֹד तलाश potraga keresés pencarian leit ricerca 探索 추적 ieškojimas meklējumi mencari jacht, zoektocht leting, ettersøking poszukiwanie busca căutare поиски pátranie, hľadanie lov potraga letande การค้นหา arama, peşine düşme 搜尋 пошуки تلاش cuộc tìm kiếm
n hunter
a person who hunts. jagter صَيّاد ловец lovec, -kyně jæger der/die Jäger(in) κυνηγός cazador; cazadora jahimees شكارچی metsästäjä chasseur, euse/chasseresse צַייָד शिकारी lovac vadász pemburu veiðimaður cacciatore 猟師 사냥꾼 medžiotojas mednieks pemburu jager jeger myśliwy caçador vânător охотник lovec, -kyňa lovec lovac jägare นายพราน avcı 獵人 мисливець شکاری người đi săn
n hunting
the activity of chasing animals etc for food or for sport. jag صَيْد، إصْطِياد лов lov jagt die Jagd κυνήγι caza, cacería jaht شكار metsästys chasse צַיִד शिकार का खेल lov vadászat pemburuan veiði, veiðar caccia 狩猟 사냥 medžiojimas, medžioklė medības pemburuan het jagen jakt polowanie caça vânătoare охота lov lov lov jakt การล่าสัตว์ avlanma, avcılık 打獵 полювання شکار sự đi săn
n huntsman [ˈhants-]
a hunter. jagter صَيّاد، قَنّاص ловец lovec jæger die Jäger κυνηγός cazador jahimees شكارچی metsästäjä chasseur צַייָד शिकारी lovac vadász pemburu veiðimaður cacciatore 猟師 사냥꾼 medžiotojas mednieks pemburu jager jeger myśliwy caçador vânător охотник lovec lovec lovac jägare นายพราน avcı 獵人 мисливець شکاری người đi săn
hunt down
to search for (someone or something) until found The police hunted down the escaped prisoner. agtervolg, vaskeer يُطارِد، يَبْحَث преследвам, докато хвана uštvat; dopadnout forfølge og pågribe erjagen καταδιώκω, κυνηγώ, ξετρυπώνω dar con buscar hasta jälile jõudma جستجو كردن nuuskia esiin traquer לִרדוֹף וְלִמצוֹא पाने में सफल होना goniti, stici i uloviti fáradhatatlanul üldöz mengejar leita (og finna), elta uppi catturare 追いつめる 추적하여 잡다 susekti, pagauti izsekot; notvert memburu sampai dapat opsporen jage og fange wytropić, pojmać perseguir a urmări până-n pânzele albe выследить, поймать uštvať, dolapiť, vysliediť uloviti uhvatiti infånga ตามหาจนพบ peşini bırakmamak 窮追...直至捕獲 вислідити کسی کی تلاش lùng sục ...
hunt for
to search for I've been hunting for that shoe all morning. soek يَبْحَث عَن търся hledat være på jagt efter suchen nach γυρεύω buscar otsima جستجو كردن etsiä chercher לְחַפֵּש खोज करना tražiti kutat mencari-cari leita að cercare 探す ...을 찾다 ieškoti meklēt mencari op zoek zijn naar lete etter, være jakt etter poszukiwać procurar a căuta искать hľadať iskati tragati leta efter ตามหา aramak, bulmaya çalışmak 搜尋 шукати تلاش tìm kiếm
hunt high and low
to search everywhere. oral soek يَبْحَثُ في كُل مكان търся навсякъде slídit po všech koutech søge højt og lavt alles absuchen ψάχνω παντού por todas partes buscar, remover cielo y tierra kõikjalt otsima همه جا را جستجو كردن etsiä kissojen ja koirien kanssa tous les chercher dans coins לְחַפֵּש בְּכָל מָקוֹם हर जगह खोजना sve pretražiti égen-földön keres mencari-cari leita hátt og lágt cercare dappertutto くまなく探す 샅샅이 뒤지다, 모든 곳을 찾다 naršyti visus kampus visur izmeklēties mencari merata tempat zoeken in alle hoeken en gaten lete høyt og lavt szukać wszędzie procurar por toda a parte a căuta peste tot искать повсюду prehľadať iskati po vseh kotih tražiti svuda leta överallt มองหาทุกซอกทุกมุม heryeri aramak 到處搜索 шукати всюди ہر جگہ تلاش کرنا tìm kiếm khắp mọi nơi
hunt out
to search for (something that has been put away) until it is found I'll hunt out that old photograph for you. opspoor يَبْحَث عن търся докато намеря vyštrachat, objevit lede efter aufstöbern ξετρυπώνω buscar hasta encontrar; rebuscar välja otsima جستجو كردن etsiä käsiinsä dénicher לְחַפֵּש וְלִמצוֹא प्राप्त करना, पकड़ लेना uci u trag i uloviti, tražiti dok se nade felkutat mencari leita eftir/að trovare, scovare 探し出す 찾아내다 surasti sameklēt menggeledah atau membongkar sesuatu untuk mencari sesuatu opsporen spore opp poszukiwać descobrir a căuta până găseşti разыскать objaviť, vykutať izslediti pronaći leta fram, leta rätt på ค้นหา araştırmak, arayıp bulmak 搜尋出 відшукати کسی چیز کو ڈھونڈ نکالنا tìm ra


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Miss Hunt did not know "the game;" but she did know that her patient must be quieted, and that at once.
Gihon, that had seen many sports, learned to know the Hunt barge well.
Robin Hood has left Maid Marian, Friar Tuck, Little John, and all his merry men to hunt the deer and make ready the feast.
 
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