hunt [ hʌnts ]

• n.
  • Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)

    同义词： Holman Hunt William Holman Hunt

  • United States architect (1827-1895)

    同义词： Richard Morris Hunt

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

    同义词： Leigh Hunt James Henry Leigh Hunt

  • an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport

    同义词： hunt club

  • an instance of searching for something

    "the hunt for submarines"

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

    同义词： search hunting

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

    同义词： hunting

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

    同义词： hunting

• v.
  • pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

    "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"

    同义词： run hunt down track down

  • pursue or chase relentlessly

    "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"

    同义词： hound trace

  • chase away, with as with force

    "They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood"

  • yaw back and forth about a flight path
  • oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent

    "The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency"

  • seek, search for

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

  • search (an area) for prey

    "The King used to hunt these forests"

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