HUNT


Meaning of HUNT in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

If you ~ for something or someone, you try to find them by searching carefully or thoroughly.

A forensic team was ~ing for clues...

= search

VERB: V for n

Hunt is also a noun.

The couple had helped in the ~ for the toddlers.

= search

N-COUNT

2.

If you ~ a criminal or an enemy, you search for them in order to catch or harm them.

Detectives have been ~ing him for seven months...

VERB: V n, also V for n

Hunt is also a noun.

Despite a nationwide ~ for the kidnap gang, not a trace of them was found.

N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N for n

3.

When people or animals ~, they chase and kill wild animals for food or as a sport.

As a child I learned to ~ and fish...

He got up at four and set out on foot to ~ black grouse.

VERB: V, V n, also V for n

Hunt is also a noun.

He set off for a nineteen-day moose ~ in Nova Scotia.

N-COUNT: oft n N

4.

In Britain, when people ~, they ride horses over fields with dogs called hounds and try to catch and kill foxes, as a sport.

She liked to ~ as often as she could.

VERB: V, also V n

Hunt is also a noun.

The ~ was held on land owned by the Duke of Marlborough.

N-COUNT

5.

In Britain, a ~ is a group of people who meet regularly to ~ foxes.

N-COUNT

6.

If a team or competitor is in the ~ for something, they still have a chance of winning it.

We’re still in the ~ for the League title and we want to go all the way in the Cup.

PHRASE: usu v-link PHR for

7.

see also ~ing , witch-~

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