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hunt, n.
(hunts)

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

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field sport, outdoor sport blood sport

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battue beagling coursing deer hunting, deer hunt ducking, duck hunting fox hunting, foxhunt pigsticking

member of this domain (topic)

drive drive bag batfowl trap, snare, entrap, ensnare, trammel gin

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

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canned hunt stalk, stalking, still hunt birdnesting predation

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labor, labour, toil

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

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exploration foraging, forage frisk, frisking looking, looking for manhunt quest, seeking ransacking, rummage scouring shakedown

an instance of searching for something
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hunt

sample sentences

"the hunt for submarines"

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an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
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hunt hunt club

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club, society, order, social club, guild, gild, lodge