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hunt

/hʌnt/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The act of hunting.
  2. A hunting expedition.
  3. An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.
  4. A pack of hunting dogs.
  5. To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
  6. To try to find something; search (for).
  7. To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.
  8. To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting.
  9. To use or traverse in pursuit of game.
  10. (bell-ringing) To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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