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1 hunt
1. verb1) (to chase (animals etc) for food or for sport: He spent the whole day hunting (deer).) gå på jakt2) (to pursue or drive out: The murderer was hunted from town to town.) jage (etter)2. noun1) (the act of hunting animals etc: a tiger hunt.) jakt2) (a search: I'll have a hunt for that lost necklace.) leting, ettersøking•- hunter- hunting
- huntsman
- hunt down
- hunt for
- hunt high and low
- hunt outjaktIsubst. \/hʌnt\/1) jakt2) ( spesielt britisk) parforcejakt (revejakt til hest med hunder som dreper reven)3) leting, jakt4) jaktselskap, jaktklubb5) jaktområde, jaktmark6) forklaring: regelmessig gjentatt mønster i klokkespillbe on the hunt for være på jakt etter, lete etter, være på utkikk etterIIverb \/hʌnt\/1) jage, jakte (på), gå på jaktjage tiger, gå på tigerjakt2) drive, jage3) være på jakt etter, være på leting etter, lete etter, være på utkikk etter4) avsøke, gjennomsøke, finkjemme (område etter vilt)5) ( spesielt britisk) drive parforcejakt (med hunder og hester)det er en gammel engelsk tradisjon å gå på revejakt, det er en gammel engelsk tradisjon å drive parforcejakt på rev6) (britisk, om hest eller hund) bruke til jakt, benytte i jakt7) ( om maskin) hoppe, gå ujevnt, vibrere for mye8) ( klokkespill) forklaring: skifte mønster i et vekselspillgo (out) hunting dra (ut) på jakt, dra (ut) og jaktehunt big game jage storvilt, gå på storviltjakthunt down jage og fange, forfølge og fange, spore oppsnuse opp, spore opphunt for something jakte på noe, være på jakt etter noe lete etter noe, være på jakt etter noebe (out) hunting være (ute) på jakthunt somebody away drive noen bort, jage noen bort forfølge noenhunt something out of drive noe bort fra, jage noe bort frahunt the slipper ( lek) forklaring: en slags barnelek hvor man sitter i ring og sender en tøffel rundt, bak ryggen til deltagerne, og en person i midten skal gjette hvor den erhunt the thimble ( lek) ta den ring og la den vandre -
2 hunt out
(to search for (something that has been put away) until it is found: I'll hunt out that old photograph for you.) spore opp -
3 hunt down
(to search for (someone or something) until found: The police hunted down the escaped prisoner.) jage og fange
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