English to Persian Dictionary Online
Definition of "hunt"

hunt

Từ điển Collocation

hunt noun

¹ hunting wild animals

ADJ. fox, seal, tiger, etc.

VERB + HUNT take part in She had never taken part in a fox hunt before.

HUNT + NOUN follower, supporter Hunt followers deny the sport is cruel. | saboteur clashes between hunt supporters and hunt saboteurs | meeting

² searching for sb/sth

ADJ. massive, nationwide Police launched a nationwide hunt for the woman, amid fears for her safety. | police | murder Police forces in five counties are now involved in the murder hunt. | treasure | witch (often figurative) The investigation turned into a full-scale Communist witch hunt.

HUNT + VERB begin, launch A massive police hunt was launched for the missing child. | lead Detectives leading the hunt for the killer believe he may be in hiding. | step up The mountain rescue team is stepping up its hunt for the missing climbers. | call off The hunt for survivors has now been called off.

HUNT + VERB begin, be on The hunt is on for potential employees with experience of electronic publishing.

PREP. ~ for

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Từ điển WordNet

n.

• Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910); Hunt, Holman Hunt, William Holman Hunt
• United States architect (1827-1895); Hunt, Richard Morris Hunt
• British writer who defended the romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859); Hunt, Leigh Hunt, James Henry Leigh Hunt
• an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport; hunt club
• an instance of searching for something

  the hunt for submarines

• the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone; search, hunting
• the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts; hunting
• the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport; hunting

v.

• pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); run, hunt down, track down

  Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland

  The dogs are running deer

  The Duke hunted in these woods

• pursue or chase relentlessly; hound, trace

  The hunters traced the deer into the woods

  the detectives hounded the suspect until they found the him

• chase away, with as with force

  They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood

• yaw back and forth about a flight path

  the plane's nose yawed

• oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent

  The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency

• seek, search for

  She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them

• search (an area) for prey

  The King used to hunt these forests

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

hunts|hunted|hunting
syn.: chase look pursue search seek