hunt

Pronunciation

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Verb

Plain form hunt

Third-person singular hunts

Past tense hunted

Past participle hunted

Present participle hunting

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you hunt (for) something, you look for it very carefully.
2. (transitive & intransitive) If you hunt (for) animals, you look for them to catch or kill them.

Synonyms

• search

Noun

Singular hunt

Plural hunts

1. A hunt is careful search.
2. A hunt is search for an animal to catch or kill it.