hunt
To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
Example
“State Wildlife Management areas often offer licensed hunters the opportunity to hunt on public lands.”
Other meanings
To try to find something; search (for).
“The little girl was hunting for shells on the beach.”
To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.
“to hunt down a criminal”
Synonyms
- run
- track down
Related words
- book-hunt
- bookhunter
- bowhunt
- house-hunt
- Hunt
- huntable
- trophy-hunt
- hunt down
- hunted
- huntee
- hunter
- Hunter
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "huntian" (to hunt).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “hunt” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.