"hunt" | Definition and Related Words

hunt

Noun

Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910) (synset 111087037)
is an instance of: pre-raphaelite - a painter or writer dedicated to restoring early Renaissance ideals

same as: holman hunt, william holman hunt
United States architect (1827-1895) (synset 111086928)
is an instance of: architect, designer - someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)

same as: richard morris hunt
British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859) (synset 111086762)
is an instance of: author, writer - writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

same as: james henry leigh hunt, leigh hunt
An association of huntsmen who hunt for sport (synset 108246700)
is a type of: club, gild, guild, lodge, order, social club, society - a formal association of people with similar interests

same as: hunt club
An instance of searching for something (synset 105778254)
"the hunt for submarines"

is a type of: search - the examination of alternative hypotheses
The activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone (synset 100947217)
is a type of: activity - any specific behavior
subtypes:
- exploration - a careful systematic search
- forage, foraging - the act of searching for food and provisions
- frisk, frisking - the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
- looking, looking for - the act of searching visually
- manhunt - an organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime)
- quest, seeking - the act of searching for something
- ransacking, rummage - a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)
- scouring - moving over territory to search for something
- shakedown - a very thorough search of a person or a place
same as: hunting, search
The work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts (synset 100623824)
is a type of: labor, labour, toil - productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
subtypes:
- canned hunt - a hunt for animals that have been raised on game ranches until they are mature enough to be killed for trophy collections
- stalk, stalking, still hunt - a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush
- birdnesting - hunting for birds' nests to get the eggs
- predation - the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey
same as: hunting
The pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport (synset 100453279)
associated with:
- drive - (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground
- drive - (hunting) search for game
- bag - capture or kill, as in hunting
- batfowl - catch birds by temporarily blinding them
- ensnare, entrap, snare, trammel, trap - catch in or as if in a trap
- gin - trap with a snare
is a type of:
- field sport, outdoor sport - a sport that is played outdoors
- blood sport - sport that involves killing animals (especially hunting)
subtypes:
- battue - a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter
- beagling - hunting rabbits with beagles
- coursing - hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent
- deer hunt, deer hunting - hunting deer
- duck hunting, ducking - hunting ducks
- fox hunting, foxhunt - mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox
- pigsticking - the sport of hunting wild boar with spears
same as: hunting

Verb

Pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) (synset 201146304)
"Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"

is a type of: capture, catch - capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
subtypes:
- snipe - hunt or shoot snipe
- whale - hunt for whales
- ambush, still-hunt - hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing
- turtle - hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation
- drive - (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground
- drive - (hunting) search for game
- rabbit - hunt rabbits
- fowl - hunt fowl in the forest
- poach - hunt illegally
- seal - hunt seals
- ferret - hunt with ferrets
- course - hunt with hounds
- foxhunt - hunt foxes, on horseback and with dogs
- jack, jacklight - hunt with a jacklight
- hawk - hunt with hawks
- falcon - hunt with falcons
- fowl - hunt fowl
- forage, scrounge - collect or look around for (food)
same as: hunt down, run, track down
verb group:
- hunt - search (an area) for prey
- run - cause an animal to move fast
Pursue or chase relentlessly (synset 202007615)
"The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"

is a type of: chase, chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, tail, track, trail - go after with the intent to catch

subtypes: ferret - hound or harry relentlessly

same as: hound, trace
Chase away, with as with force (synset 202060615)
"They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood"

is a type of: drive out, force out, rouse, rout out - force or drive out
Yaw back and forth about a flight path (synset 202037992)
"the plane's nose yawed"

referred to in: aeroplane, airplane, plane - an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets

is a type of: yaw - deviate erratically from a set course
Oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent (synset 201882369)
"The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency"

is a type of: oscillate, vibrate - move or swing from side to side regularly
Seek, search for (synset 201319061)
"She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them"

is a type of: look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
Search (an area) for prey (synset 201147123)
"The King used to hunt these forests"

is a type of: look, search - search or seek

verb group: hunt, hunt down, run, track down - pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

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