hunt
noun
1 Hunt
2 Hunt
3 Hunt
4 hunt
An association of huntsmen who hunt for sport.
synonym: hunt club.
5 hunt
An instance of searching for something.
6 hunt
The activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone.
synonyms: hunting, search.
Roget 622:
pursuit;
pursuing
etc.
v.;
prosecution;
pursuance;
enterprise
etc.
(undertaking)
676;
business
etc.
625;
adventure
etc.
(essay)
675;
quest
etc.
(search)
461;
scramble,
hue and cry,
game;
hobby;
still-hunt.
chase,
hunt,
battue†,
race,
steeple chase,
hunting,
coursing;
venation,
venery;
fox chase;
sport,
sporting;
shooting,
angling,
fishing,
hawking;
shikar
(Geog loc:India).
pursuer;
hunter,
huntsman;
shikari
(Geog loc:India),
sportsman,
Nimrod;
hound
etc.
366.
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Dutch: opsporing
Polish: łażenie
7 hunt
The work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts.
synonym: hunting.
Dutch: jacht, jachtpartij, weidspel, weispel
8 hunt
The pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport.
synonym: hunting.
Dutch: jacht, jachtpartij, weidspel, weispel
Polish: łowiectwo, myślistwo
verb
1 hunt
Pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals):
— Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland.
— The Duke hunted in these woods.
synonyms: hunt down, run, track down.
Roget 361:
kill,
put to death,
slay,
shed blood;
murder,
assassinate,
butcher,
slaughter,
victimize,
immolate;
massacre;
take away life,
deprive of life;
make away with,
put an end to;
despatch,
dispatch;
burke,
settle,
do for.
strangle,
garrote,
hang,
throttle,
choke,
stifle,
suffocate,
stop the breath,
smother,
asphyxiate,
drown.
saber;
cut down,
cut to pieces,
cut the throat;
jugulate†;
stab,
run through the body,
bayonet,
eviscerate;
put to the sword,
put to the edge of the sword.
shoot dead;
blow one's brains out;
brain,
knock on the head;
stone,
lapidate†;
give a deathblow;
deal a deathblow;
give a quietus,
give a coupe de grace.
behead,
bowstring,
electrocute,
gas
etc.
(execute)
972.
hunt,
shoot
etc.
n..
cut off,
nip in the bud,
launch into eternity,
send to one's last account,
sign one's death warrant,
strike the death knell of.
give no quarter,
pour out blood like water;
decimate;
run amuck;
wade knee deep in blood,
imbrue one's hands in blood.
die a violent death,
welter in one's blood;
dash out one's brains,
blow out one's brains;
commit suicide;
kill oneself,
make away with oneself,
put an end to oneself,
put an end to it all.
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2 hunt
Pursue or chase relentlessly:
— The hunters traced the deer into the woods.
synonyms: hound, trace.
Roget 461:
make inquiry
etc.
n.;
inquire,
ask,
seek,
search.
look for,
look about for,
look out for;
scan,
reconnoiter,
explore,
sound,
rummage,
ransack,
pry,
peer,
look round;
look over,
go over,
look through,
go through;
spy,
overhaul.
[object is a topic]
ask about,
inquire about.
scratch the head,
slap the forehead.
look into every hole and corner,
peer into every hole and corner,
pry into every hole and corner;
nose;
trace up;
search out,
hunt down,
hunt out,
fish out,
ferret out;
unearth;
leave no stone unturned.
seek a clue,
seek a clew;
hunt,
track,
trail,
mouse,
dodge,
trace;
follow the trail,
follow the scent;
pursue
etc.
662;
beat up one's quarters;
fish for;
feel for
etc.
(experiment)
463.
investigate;
take up an inquiry,
institute an inquiry,
pursue an inquiry,
follow up an inquiry,
conduct an inquiry,
carry on an inquiry,
carry out an inquiry,
prosecute an inquiry
etc.
n.;
look at,
look into;
preexamine;
discuss,
canvass,
agitate.
[inquire into a topic]
examine,
study,
consider,
calculate;
dip into,
dive into,
delve into,
go deep into;
make sure of,
probe,
sound,
fathom;
probe to the bottom,
probe to the quick;
scrutinize,
analyze,
anatomize,
dissect,
parse,
resolve,
sift,
winnow;
view in all its phases,
try in all its phases;
thresh out.
bring in question,
bring into question,
subject to examination;
put to the proof
etc.
(experiment)
463;
audit,
tax,
pass in review;
take into consideration
etc.
(think over)
451;
take counsel
etc.
695.
question,
demand;
put the question,
pop the question,
propose the question,
propound the question,
moot the question,
start the question,
raise the question,
stir the question,
suggest the question,
put forth the question,
ventilate the question,
grapple with the question,
go into a question.
[human object],
question,
put to the question,
interrogate,
pump;
subject to interrogation,
subject to examination;
cross-question,
cross-examine;
press for an answer;
give the third degree;
put to the inquisition;
dodge†.
catechize.
require an answer;
pick the brains of,
suck the brains of;
feel the pulse.
get the lay of the land;
see how the wind is blowing;
put one's ear to the ground.
be in question
etc.
adj.;
undergo examination.
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Roget 622:
pursue,
prosecute,
follow;
run after,
make after,
be after,
hunt after,
prowl after;
shadow;
carry on
etc.
(do)
680;
engage in
etc.
(undertake)
676;
set about
etc.
(begin)
66;
endeavor
etc.
675;
court
etc.
(request)
765;
seek
etc.
(search)
461;
aim at
etc.
(intention)
620;
follow the trail
etc.
(trace)
461;
fish for
etc.
(experiment)
463;
press on
etc.
(haste)
684;
run a race
etc.
(velocity)
274.
chase,
give chase,
course,
dog,
hunt,
hound;
tread on the heels,
follow on the heels of,
etc.
(sequence)
281.
rush upon;
rush headlong
etc.
(violence)
173,
ride full tilt at,
run full tilt at;
make a leap at,
jump at,
snatch at run down;
start game.
tread a path;
take a course,
hold a course;
shape one's steps,
direct one's steps,
bend one's steps,
course;
play a game;
fight one's way,
elbow one's way;
follow up;
take to,
take up;
go in for;
ride one's hobby.
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Dutch: drijven, jagen
3 hunt
Chase away, with as with force.
4 hunt
Yaw back and forth about a flight path.
5 hunt
Oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent.
6 hunt
7 hunt
Search (an area) for prey.
Dutch: zoeken
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