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hunt
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- pronunciation:
- huhnt
- parts of speech:
- verb, noun
- features:
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
hunts, hunting, hunted |
| definition 1: |
When an animal hunts other animals, it tries to find and catch them for its food. Large birds like eagles and hawks hunt small animals like mice. Lions hunt larger animals like zebras. People sometimes hunt animals too. They often hunt animals like deer and wild birds.
On TV, we watched a lion hunting a zebra.There is a certain time of year when people can hunt deer.
- similar words:
- pursue, track, trail
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| definition 2: |
When an animal hunts, it tries to catch and kill other land animals for its food. People sometimes hunt too.
The lion cub is just learning to hunt.My dad goes fishing, but he doesn't hunt. |
| definition 3: |
When you hunt for something, you try to find it by looking in many different places.
My mom said she'd been hunting for her glasses everywhere but she couldn't find them. Then I saw them on top of her head.- synonyms:
- search
- similar words:
- look
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| related words: |
prey, trace, want |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
When people go on a hunt, they go out into a natural area and try to catch or kill wild animals.
The men left at dawn to begin the deer hunt.- synonyms:
- hunting
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| definition 2: |
A hunt is a search to find something.
My little brother and sister are really excited about the Easter egg hunt next week.- synonyms:
- search
- similar words:
- ferret, quest
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| related words: |
probe |
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kind of hunt |
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safari |
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natural hunter |
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predator |
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result of a hunt |
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game, kill |
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some actions associated with hunting |
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chase, kill, pursue, shoot, trace, track, trail, trap |
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some people associated with hunting |
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hunter |
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some things animals use for hunting |
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claws, horns, teeth |
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some things people use for hunting |
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arrow, bow, camouflage, compass, gun, hound, knife, map, rifle |
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