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hunt


Definition: Meaning of, hunt in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / hʌnt /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
hunt hunted hunted
Present Participle Third Person Singular
hunting hunts
  1. [intransitive and transitive] to chase animals and birds in order to kill or catch them
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  2. [intransitive] to look for someone or something very carefully [=  search]
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  3. [intransitive and transitive] to search for and try to catch a criminal or someone who is your enemy
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  4. [intransitive and transitive] British English to hunt FOX es as a sport, riding on horses and using dogs
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Singular Plural
hunt hunts
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  1. an occasion when people chase animals in order to kill or catch them
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  2. [usually singular] a search for someone or something that is difficult to find
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  3. a sporting event in Britain in which people ride on horses and hunt FOX es using dogs
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  4. in Britain, a group of people who regularly hunt FOX es together
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Hunt


Definition: Meaning of, Hunt in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / hʌnt /

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  1. 1827-1895 united States architect
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    Richard Morris Hunt
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  2. 1784-1859 british writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley
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    Leigh Hunt, James Henry Leigh Hunt
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  3. 1827-1910 englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter
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    Holman Hunt, William Holman Hunt
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Hunt used in phrases

  • Helen Hunt Jackson (noun)
    1. 1830-1885 united States writer of romantic novels about the unjust treatment of Native Americans
  • Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson (noun)
    1. 1830-1885 united States writer of romantic novels about the unjust treatment of Native Americans
  • Holman Hunt (noun)
    1. 1827-1910 englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter
  • Hunt, William Holman
    1. (1827-1910) a British painter who, with MILLAIS and ROSSETTI, started the PRE-RAPHAELITE Brotherhood in 1848
  • James Henry Leigh Hunt (noun)
    1. 1784-1859 british writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley
  • Leigh Hunt (noun)
    1. 1784-1859 british writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley
  • Ramsay Hunt syndrome (noun)
    1. syndrome resulting from infection by the herpes varicella zoster virus; characterized by vertigo and pain in the ears and facial nerve paralysis and sometimes hearing loss
  • Richard Morris Hunt (noun)
    1. 1827-1895 united States architect
  • Thomas Hunt Morgan (noun)
    1. 1866-1945 united States biologist who formulated the chromosome theory of heredity
  • William Holman Hunt (noun)
    1. 1827-1910 englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter
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Hunt used in phrasal verbs

  • hunt down (phrasal verb)
    1. to try to find every member of a group
    2. to try to find a particular thing or person
  • hunt out (phrasal verb)
    1. to look for and kill a type of animal until there are no more or very few left
    2. to look for members of a particular group in order to arrest or kill them
  • hunt up (phrasal verb)
    1. to find something or someone that is difficult to find
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