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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 (h

nt)

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.

1. The act or sport of hunting: an enthusiast for the hunt.

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 [hʌnt]

1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) to seek out and kill or capture (game or wild animals) for food or sport

2. (intr; often foll by for) to look (for); search (for) to hunt for a book to hunt up a friend

3. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) (tr) to use (hounds, horses, etc.) in the pursuit of wild animals, game, etc. to hunt a pack of hounds

4. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) (tr) to search or draw (country) to hunt wild animals, game, etc. to hunt the parkland

5. (tr; often foll by down) to track or chase diligently, esp so as to capture to hunt down a criminal

6. (tr; usually passive) to persecute; hound

7. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) (intr) (of a gauge indicator, engine speed, etc.) to oscillate about a mean value or position

8. (Astronautics) (intr) (of an aircraft, rocket, etc.) to oscillate about a flight path

1. the act or an instance of hunting

2. chase or search, esp of animals or game

3. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) the area of a hunt

4. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) a party or institution organized for the pursuit of wild animals or game, esp for sport

5. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) the participants in or members of such a party or institution

in the hunt Informal having a chance of success that result keeps us in the hunt See also hunt down, hunt up

[Old English huntian; related to Old English hentan, Old Norse henda to grasp]

huntedly adv

Hunt [hʌnt]

1. (Biographies / Hunt, Henry (1773-1835) M, British, POLITICS: radical, POLITICS: orator) Henry, known as Orator Hunt. 1773-1835, British radical, who led the mass meeting that ended in the Peterloo Massacre (1819)

2. (Biographies / Hunt, (William) Holman (1827-1910) M, British, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter) (William) Holman. 1827-1910, British painter; a founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (1848)

3. (Biographies / Hunt, James (1947-1993) M, British, SPORT AND GAMES: racing driver) James. 1947-93, British motor-racing driver: world champion 1976

4. (Biographies / Hunt, (Henry Cecil) John, Baron (1910-1998) M, British, MILITARY: army officer, SPORT AND GAMES: mountaineer) (Henry Cecil) John, Baron. 1910-98, British army officer and mountaineer. He planned and led the expedition that first climbed Mount Everest (1953)

5. (Biographies / Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh (1784-1859) M, British, WRITING: poet, WRITING: essayist) (James Henry) Leigh (liː). 1784-1859, British poet and essayist: a founder of The Examiner (1808) in which he promoted the work of Keats and Shelley

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Noun	1.	Hunt - Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910) Holman Hunt, William Holman Hunt
	2.	Hunt - United States architect (1827-1895) Richard Morris Hunt
	3.	Hunt - British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859) James Henry Leigh Hunt, Leigh Hunt
	4.	hunt - an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport hunt club 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.	hunt - the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone search, hunting 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 hunting 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.	hunt - the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport hunting 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"
Verb	1.	hunt - 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" hunt down, track down, run 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.	hunt - pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him" hound, trace 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

verb

stalk, track, chase, pursue, trail, hound, gun for Her irate husband was hunting her lover with a gun.

noun

search, hunting, investigation, chase, pursuit, quest The couple had helped in the hunt for the toddlers.

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 A forensic team was hunting for clues.

Translations

hunt [hʌnt]

A. N

1. (for animals) → caza f, cacería f (for de) (= huntsmen) → partida f de caza, (grupo m de) cazadores mpl

2. (= search) → busca f, búsqueda f (for de) (= pursuit) → persecución f
the hunt for the murderer → la busca or búsqueda del asesino
to be on the hunt for → estar or andar a la caza de
the hunt is on → ha comenzado la búsqueda
we joined in the hunt for the missing key → ayudamos a buscar la llave perdida

B. VT

1. [+ animal] → cazar; [+ hounds] → emplear en la caza; [+ area of country] → recorrer de caza, cazar en

2. (= search for) → buscar; (= pursue) → perseguir

C. VI

1. (Sport) → cazar, ir de cacería
to go hunting → ir de caza

2. (= search) → buscar por todas partes
to hunt for → buscar
he hunted for it in his pocket → lo buscó en el bolsillo
to hunt about or around for → buscar por todas partes

D. CPD hunt ball N baile organizado tras una cacería

hunt down VT + ADV [+ person] → dar caza a; [+ thing] → buscar(hasta encontrar)

hunt out VT + ADV → buscar(hasta encontrar)

hunt up VT + ADV → buscar

hunt [ˈhʌnt]

(= seek) → chercher

(for sport) → chasser
People used to hunt wild boar → On chassait le sanglier autrefois.

(= look for) [+ criminal] → pourchasser
The police are hunting the killer → La police pourchasse le criminel.

(= search) to hunt for sth → chercher qch
I hunted everywhere for that book → J'ai cherché ce livre partout.
Detectives are hunting for clues → Les détectives cherchent des indices.

(for prey) [animal] → chasser
Leopards hunt alone → Les léopards chassent en solitaire.

(for prey) [person] → chasser (= hunt foxes) → chasser le renard
to go hunting → aller à la chasse

(as sport, for animal) → chasse f

(= search) → recherche f
a hunt for sb [+ lost person] → une battue pour retrouver qn; [+ criminal, fugitive] → une chasse à qn

hunt down

vt [+ person] → traquer

hunt

n → Jagd f; (= huntsmen) → Jagd(gesellschaft) f; (fig: = search) → Suche f; tiger hunt → Tigerjagd f; the hunt is on → die Suche hat begonnen; to have a hunt for something → nach etw fahnden (inf), → eine Suche nach etw veranstalten; to be on the hunt for something (for animal) → etw jagen, auf etw (acc) → Jagd machen; (fig) → auf der Suche or Jagd nach etw sein (inf)

(Hunt) → jagen; (= search for) criminal → jagen, fahnden nach; missing article etc → suchen; missing person → suchen, fahnden nach; hunt the slipper/thimble → Pantoffel-/Fingerhutverstecken nt

to hunt a horse/hounds → zu Pferd/mit Hunden jagen

(Hunt) → jagen; to go hunting → jagen, auf die Jagd gehen

(= search) → suchen (for, after nach); to hunt for an animal → auf ein Tier Jagd machen; he is hunting for a job → er sucht eine Stelle

hunt [hʌnt]

1. n (gen) → caccia; (huntsmen) → cacciatori mpl; (search) hunt (for) → ricerca (di)
tiger hunt → caccia alla tigre
I've had a hunt for the book → ho cercato il libro dappertutto

2. vt (animal) → andare a caccia di; (search) → cercare
I've hunted the house for it → ho messo la casa sottosopra per trovarlo

3. vi (Sport) → cacciare
to go hunting → andare a caccia
to hunt for (animal) → cacciare (object, information) → cercare dappertutto
she hunted in her bag for the keys → ha rovistato nella borsa per trovare le chiavi

hunt down vt + adv (criminal, enemy) → dar la caccia a

hunt out vt + adv → scovare

hunt up vt + adv → scovare

hunt [hʌnt]

2. vt (animal) → andare a caccia di; (search) → cercare
I've hunted the house for it → ho messo la casa sottosopra per trovarlo

hunt down vt + adv (criminal, enemy) → dar la caccia a

hunt out vt + adv → scovare

hunt up vt + adv → scovare

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 사냥(수렵)하다 medžioti medīt memburu jagen gå på jakt polować caçar a vâna охотиться loviť loviti loviti jaga ล่าสัตว์ avla(n)mak 獵捕 полювати شکار کرنا săn bắn 追猎

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 jahdata pourchasser לַעֲשוֹת מָצוֹד पीछा करना tražiti, goniti üldöz mengejar elta; reka burt inseguire; scacciare 追跡する 쫓다 vyti vajāt; izsekot; meklēt buru (op)jagen jage (etter) tropić, poszukiwać caçar a urmări преследовать prenasledovať zasledovati goniti jaga ไล่ล่า izini sürmek, peşine düşmek 追捕，驅趕 цькувати, переслідувати کھدیڑنا săn đuổi; tìm kiếm 穷追

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 狩獵 полювання جانوروں کا شکار cuộc đi săn 打猎

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 etsinnät recherche מָצוֹד तलाश potraga keresés pencarian leit ricerca 探索 수색 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 搜寻

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 猎人

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 狩獵 полювання شکار sự đi săn 打猎

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 猎人

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 buscar hasta dar con jälile jõudma جستجو كردن saada kiinni 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 수색하다 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 持續搜尋(某人或某物)直到找到 вислідити کسی کی تلاش lùng sục 穷追...直至捕获

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 찾다 ieškoti meklēt mencari op zoek zijn naar lete etter, være på jakt etter poszukiwać procurar a căuta искать hľadať iskati tragati leta efter ตามหา aramak, bulmaya çalışmak 搜尋 шукати تلاش tìm kiếm 搜寻

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 buscar por todas partes, remover cielo y tierra kõikjalt otsima همه جا را جستجو كردن etsiä joka paikasta chercher dans tous les 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 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 四處搜索 шукати всюди ہر جگہ تلاش کرنا tìm kiếm khắp mọi nơi 到处搜索

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 곳곳을 뒤지다 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 尋找(存放的某物)直到找到 відшукати کسی چیز کو ڈھونڈ نکالنا tìm ra 搜寻出

Hunt → يَصيد lovit jage jagen κυνηγώ cazar metsästää chasser loviti cacciare 狩りをする 사냥하다 jagen jakte upolować caçar охотиться jaga ล่าสัตว์ avlamak săn bắn 猎取

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