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hunt
1[huhnt]
verb (used with object)
to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
to pursue with force, hostility, etc., in order to capture (often followed bydown ).
They hunted him down and hanged him.
to search for; seek; endeavor to obtain or find (often followed by up orout ).
to hunt up the most promising candidates for the position.
to search (a place) thoroughly.
to scour (an area) in pursuit of game.
to use or direct (a horse, hound, etc.) in chasing game.
Change Ringing., to alter the place of (a bell) in a hunt.
verb (used without object)
to engage in the pursuit, capture, or killing of wild animals for food or in sport.
to make a search or quest (often followed by for orafter ).
Change Ringing., to alter the place of a bell in its set according to certain rules.
noun
an act or practice of hunting game or other wild animals.
a search; a seeking or endeavor to find.
a pursuit.
a group of persons associated for the purpose of hunting; an association of hunters.
an area hunted over.
Change Ringing., a regularly varying order of permutations in the ringing of a group of from five to twelve bells.
Hunt
2[huhnt]
noun
(James Henry) Leigh 1784–1859, English essayist, poet, and editor.
Richard Morris, 1828–95, U.S. architect.
(William) Holman 1827–1910, English painter.
William Morris, 1824–79, U.S. painter (brother of Richard Morris Hunt).
hunt
1/ hʌnt /
verb
to seek out and kill or capture (game or wild animals) for food or sport
to look (for); search (for)
to hunt for a book
to hunt up a friend
(tr) to use (hounds, horses, etc) in the pursuit of wild animals, game, etc
to hunt a pack of hounds
(tr) to search or draw (country) to hunt wild animals, game, etc
to hunt the parkland
to track or chase diligently, esp so as to capture
to hunt down a criminal
(tr; usually passive) to persecute; hound
(intr) (of a gauge indicator, engine speed, etc) to oscillate about a mean value or position
(intr) (of an aircraft, rocket, etc) to oscillate about a flight path
noun
the act or an instance of hunting
chase or search, esp of animals or game
the area of a hunt
a party or institution organized for the pursuit of wild animals or game, esp for sport
the participants in or members of such a party or institution
informal, having a chance of success See also hunt down hunt up
that result keeps us in the hunt
Hunt
2/ hʌnt /
noun
Henry , known as Orator Hunt . 1773–1835, British radical, who led the mass meeting that ended in the Peterloo Massacre (1819)
( William ) Holman. 1827–1910, British painter; a founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (1848)
James. 1947–93, British motor-racing driver: world champion 1976
( Henry Cecil ) John , Baron. 1910–98, British army officer and mountaineer. He planned and led the expedition that first climbed Mount Everest (1953)
( 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
Other Word Forms
- huntedly adverb
- huntable adjective
- outhunt verb (used with object)
- overhunt verb (used with object)
- unhuntable adjective
- unhunted adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of hunt1
Word History and Origins
Origin of hunt1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
The young adult rom-com follows Avery Blackwell, a rising college freshman who postpones her plans to attend Columbia after a note from her late mother sends her on a scavenger hunt in England.
Two innings later, the Pirates were on the hunt again.
Koman: Yes, I would say that digital media is all well and good until you need to pack glasses, then you hunt for a newspaper.
Four other properties were searched in the hunt for the painting, the prosecutor's office said.
Experts say these could be used for a variety of tasks from reconnaissance and sweeping for mines, to hunting down enemy soldiers.
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