hunt

Speech parts

1. hunt - Noun

2. hunt - Verb

3. Hunt - Proper noun

Meaning

A pack of hounds.

To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer.

To search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow; -- often with out or up; as, to hunt up the facts; to hunt out evidence.

To drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.

To use or manage in the chase, as hounds.

To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country.

To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds.

To seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after.

The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search.

The game secured in the hunt.

An association of huntsmen.

A district of country hunted over.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

search track down hunt down chase run dog hound track seek hunting pursue trace trail pursuit stalk
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Antonyms

shepherd guard excel better find head
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Hypernyms

lodge guild rouse chase yaw order

Hyponyms

jack falcon hawk snipe course whale

Related terms

hunter huntsman huntress Tolosa-Hunt syndrome

Phrases with the word

in the hunt that dog won't hunt book-hunt thrill of the hunt on the hunt Hunt's disease

Derivatives

hunted hunting

Anagrams

nuth Thun

Examples

The hunters traced the deer into the woods Source: Internet

the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him Source: Internet

the hunt for submarines Source: Internet

Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland Source: Internet

The dogs are running deer Source: Internet

The Duke hunted in these woods Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Hunsrik Hunstanton Hunsucker hunt and peck hunt around hunt away