hunt

Pronunciation: US [hʌnt] UK [hʌnt]

n.Look for the hunt; search; searches
v.Hunt; searching; hunting; hunt
WebHunter; hunting; hunt

Synonyms

chase stalk

Definitions in English

v.	1. to kill animals for food or for their skin or other parts, or for sport; to catch and eat other animals. Animals that do this are predators and the animals they catch and eat are their prey 2. to try to find someone or something; to try to find something that you want or have lost
n.	1. a search for someone; a search for something that you have lost, need, or want 2. the activity of looking for and killing animals; mainly in the U. K, an occasion when people on horses chase foxes as a sport. The people who do this are also known as the hunt.

Other Forms

3sg.hunts

Idioms

Example Sentences

The papers..were much taken up with the hunt for the missing Coronation Stone.
Source: G. Gorer
A twice-a-year hunt to recruit more staff.
Source: Medway Extra
He used to hunt with the Pytchley.
Source: J. Buchan
An old dog-fox who had been hunted many times before.
Source: T. F. Powys
The bustards..were hunted with falcons.
Source: J. Raban

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English word hunt can not be rearranged.
Based on hunt, new words formed by adding one letter at the beginning or end
a - hntu
k - haunt
s - unhat
All shorter English words within hunt :
hun hut nth nu nut tun uh un ut
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With the same order, English words that are formed by any part of : h hun hunt un t
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English words starting with hunt :
huntable huntedly huntings huntress huntsman huntsmen hunters hunting hunted hunter hunts hunt
English words that contain hunt :
chunters chunter foxhunts foxhunt headhunt huntable huntedly huntings huntress huntsman huntsmen hunters hunting hunted hunter hunts hunt manhunts manhunt outhunts overhunt outhunt shunters shunting shunt shunted shunter shunts
English words ending with hunt :
foxhunt headhunt hunt manhunt overhunt outhunt shunt