what does hunt mean?
HUNT as NOUN
- Meaning
- the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
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Hypernyms(s) hunt is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
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Hypernyms(s) hunt is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
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Hypernyms(s) hunt is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- an instance of searching for something
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Hypernyms(s) hunt is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
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Hypernyms(s) hunt is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- British writer who defended the romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)
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Hypernyms(s) Hunt is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- United States architect (1827-1895)
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Hypernyms(s) Hunt is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
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Hypernyms(s) Hunt is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
HUNT as VERB
- Meaning
- pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
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- Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland
- The dogs are running deer
- The Duke hunted in these woods
Hypernyms(s) hunt is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- search (an area) for prey
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- The King used to hunt these forests
Hypernyms(s) hunt is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them
Hypernyms(s) hunt is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent
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- The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency
Hypernyms(s) hunt is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- pursue or chase relentlessly
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- The hunters traced the deer into the woods
- the detectives hounded the suspect until they found the him
Hypernyms(s) hunt is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- yaw back and forth about a flight path
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Hypernyms(s) hunt is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- chase away, with as with force
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- They hunted the the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood
Hypernyms(s) hunt is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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