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Textual thesaurus for "Hunt"

(noun) hunt, hunting

the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport


(noun) hunt, hunting

the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts


(noun) search, hunt, hunting

the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone


(noun) hunt

an instance of searching for something

the hunt for submarines


(noun) hunt, hunt club

an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport


(noun) James Henry Leigh Hunt, Leigh Hunt

British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)


(noun) Richard Morris Hunt

United States architect (1827-1895)


(noun) William Holman Hunt, Holman Hunt

Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)


(verb) track down, run, hunt, hunt down

pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland; The dogs are running deer; The Duke hunted in these woods


(verb) hunt

search (an area) for prey

The King used to hunt these forests


(verb) hunt

seek, search for

She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them


(verb) hunt

oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent

The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency


(verb) trace, hound, hunt

pursue or chase relentlessly

The hunters traced the deer into the woods; the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him


(verb) hunt

yaw back and forth about a flight path

the plane's nose yawed


(verb) hunt

chase away, with as with force

They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood