hunt

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Datamuse reports no synonyms or antonyms for this word.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
2. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To try to find something; search (for).
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To drive; to chase; with ''down'', ''from'', ''away'', etc.
4. {{senseid|en|hunting with dogs}} {{lb|en|transitive}} To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting.
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To use or traverse in pursuit of game.
6. {{lb|en|bell-ringing|transitive}} To move or shift the order of (a [[bell]]) in a regular course of [[change]]s.
7. {{lb|en|bell-ringing|intransitive}} To shift up and down in order regularly.
8. {{lb|en|engineering|intransitive}} To be in a state of instability of movement or forced [[oscillation]], as a [[governor]] which has a large movement of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, etc.; also, to [[seesaw]], as a pair of [[alternator]]s working in parallel.

Noun

1. The act of [[hunting]].
2. A hunting [[expedition]].
3. An [[organization]] devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.
4. {{lb|en|collective}} A [[pack]] of hunting [[dog]]s.

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en|English|from=occupations}} for a [[hunter]] (for game, birds etc).
2. {{lb|en|rare}} {{given name|en|male|from=surnames}}.
3. A [[placename]]

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