hunt

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  1. transitive verb To pursue (game) for food or sport.
  2. transitive verb To search through (an area) for prey: hunted the ridges.
  3. transitive verb To make use of (hounds, for example) in pursuing game.
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  • But on another level this sort of a hunt is a most unpleasant thing. —  Analog, July/August 2003
  • PA-HAS-KA, THE LONG-HAIRED CHIEF ALTHOUGH the glory of killing the buffalo on our hunt was accredited to sister May, to me the episode proved of much more moment. —  Last of the Great Scouts, The Life Story of William F. Cody
  • When it comes to antiques, for some the thrill of the hunt is as exciting as the find, and finding quality collectable is an art in itself. —  RNews - TOP STORIES
  • But what put Garcia in the hunt was an ace on the third hole, a 5-iron from 205 yards. —  ESPN.com
  • Doris Klemm, co-owner of the nursery, said the hunt is a laid-back, fun, non-aggressive event that is fun for the entire family. —  news | GS | http://www.gainesville.com
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fight ·  fish ·  chase ·  sport ·  shoot ·  dance ·  hunter ·  game ·  adventure ·  ride ·  combat ·  travel

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hunt:   hunting ·  hunted ·  hunts
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  1. Middle English hunten, from Old English huntian.

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  1. from Middle English hunten, honten, hounten, from Anglo-Saxon huntian, hunt; a secondary verb (without representatives in the other Teutonic languages), from a primitive shown in Gothic (Moesogothic) frahinthan, seize, take captive, past participle fra-hunthans, as noun, a captive. To the same root are usually referred hent, seize, take, hind, as peculiarly a beast of the chase, and hand, as that which takes or seizes things: see hent, hind, and hand.
  2. from hunt, v. The Anglo-Saxon words for ‘hunting’ were, besides huntung, hunting, huntath or huntoth, huntnath or huntnoth: see hunteth.
  3. from Middle English hunte, honte, from Anglo-Saxon hunta, a hunter, from huntian, hunt: see hunt, v. This noun has been supplanted by hunter, which is found first in Middle English; it survives in the surname Hunt.
 

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