ALL meanings of hunt
hunt
H h - intransitive verb hunt kill for sport or food 1
- intransitive verb hunt search for sth 1
- transitive verb hunt animal: chase prey 1
- noun hunt killing for sport or food 1
- noun hunt hunting party 1
- noun hunt animal: chasing prey 1
- noun hunt search 1
- noun hunt territory 1
- transitive verb hunt direct dogs 1
- transitive verb hunt patrol area for game 1
- verb with object hunt to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing. 1
- verb with object hunt to pursue with force, hostility, etc., in order to capture (often followed by down): They hunted him down and hanged him. 1
- verb with object hunt to search for; seek; endeavor to obtain or find (often followed by up or out): to hunt up the most promising candidates for the position. 1
- verb with object hunt to search (a place) thoroughly. 1
- verb with object hunt to scour (an area) in pursuit of game. 1
- verb with object hunt to use or direct (a horse, hound, etc.) in chasing game. 1
- verb with object hunt Change Ringing. to alter the place of (a bell) in a hunt. 1
- verb without object hunt to engage in the pursuit, capture, or killing of wild animals for food or in sport. 1
- verb without object hunt to make a search or quest (often followed by for or after). 1
- verb without object hunt Change Ringing. to alter the place of a bell in its set according to certain rules. 1
- noun hunt (James Henry) Leigh [lee] /li/ (Show IPA), 1784–1859, English essayist, poet, and editor. 1
- noun hunt Richard Morris, 1828–95, U.S. architect. 1
- noun hunt (William) Holman [hohl-muh n] /ˈhoʊl mən/ (Show IPA), 1827–1910, English painter. 1
- noun hunt William Morris, 1824–79, U.S. painter (brother of Richard Morris Hunt). 1
- noun hunt Pursue and kill (a wild animal) for sport or food. 1
- verb hunt If you hunt for something or someone, you try to find them by searching carefully or thoroughly. 0
- verb hunt Hunt is also a noun. 0
- verb hunt If you hunt a criminal or an enemy, you search for them in order to catch or harm them. 0
- verb hunt When people or animals hunt, they chase and kill wild animals for food or as a sport. 0
- verb hunt In Britain, when people hunt, they ride horses over fields with dogs called hounds and try to catch and kill foxes, as a sport. 0
- countable noun hunt In Britain, a hunt is a group of people who meet regularly to hunt foxes. 0
- verb hunt to seek out and kill or capture (game or wild animals) for food or sport 0
- verb hunt to look (for); search (for) 0
- verb hunt to use (hounds, horses, etc) in the pursuit of wild animals, game, etc 0
- verb hunt to search or draw (country) to hunt wild animals, game, etc 0
- verb hunt to track or chase diligently, esp so as to capture 0
- verb hunt to persecute; hound 0
- verb hunt (of a gauge indicator, engine speed, etc) to oscillate about a mean value or position 0
- verb hunt (of an aircraft, rocket, etc) to oscillate about a flight path 0
- noun hunt the act or an instance of hunting 0
- noun hunt The act of hunting. 0
- noun hunt chase or search, esp of animals or game 0
- noun hunt A hunting expedition. 0
- noun hunt the area of a hunt 0
- noun hunt An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to such an organization (capitalized if the name of a specific organization). 0
- noun hunt a party or institution organized for the pursuit of wild animals or game, esp for sport 0
- verb hunt To chase down prey and (usually) kill it. 0
- noun hunt the participants in or members of such a party or institution 0
- verb hunt To try to find something; search. 0
- noun hunt Henry, known as Orator Hunt. 1773–1835, British radical, who led the mass meeting that ended in the Peterloo Massacre (1819) 0