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1. verb1) (to chase (animals etc) for food or for sport: He spent the whole day hunting (deer).) κυνηγώ2) (to pursue or drive out: The murderer was hunted from town to town.) καταδιώκω2. noun1) (the act of hunting animals etc: a tiger hunt.) κυνήγι2) (a search: I'll have a hunt for that lost necklace.) αναζήτηση•- hunter- hunting
- huntsman
- hunt down
- hunt for
- hunt high and low
- hunt out
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hunt for — phr verb Hunt for is used with these nouns as the object: ↑clue, ↑culprit, ↑food, ↑murderer, ↑prey, ↑treasure … Collocations dictionary
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hunt — 1 verb 1 (I, T) to chase animals and birds in order to catch and kill them: At one time man had to hunt to survive. | hunt sth: hunting big game in Kenya 2 (I) to look hard for something you have lost: We ve been hunting for the car keys for the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
hunt — I UK [hʌnt] / US verb Word forms hunt : present tense I/you/we/they hunt he/she/it hunts present participle hunting past tense hunted past participle hunted ** 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to kill animals for food or for their skin or other… … English dictionary
hunt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. chase, drag; pursuit, search. v. t. chase, stalk, follow, trace, pursue, run, trail, hound. v. i. shoot, poach, trap, snare, hawk, ferret. See inquiry. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The pursuit of game] Syn … English dictionary for students
hunt — [hʌnt] verb [I/T] I 1) to catch and kill animals Crocodiles were hunted and killed for their teeth.[/ex] Wild dogs usually hunt in packs.[/ex] We hunted for rabbits in the hills.[/ex] 2) to try to find someone or something Syn: look for sb/sth… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English