hunt
/hʌnt/
noun
- An act of chasing and killing wild animals, or a search for something.
- They went on a hunt for rabbits in the woods.
- After a long hunt, we finally found the missing cat.
- The treasure hunt led us to an old cave.
- A group of people who meet regularly to hunt animals, especially foxes with horses and dogs.
- She has been a member of the hunt for ten years.
- The local hunt meets every Saturday morning.
- The hunt rode through the countryside with their hounds.
verb
- To chase and kill wild animals for food or sport.
- The tribe hunts only what they need to survive.
- We saw a fox hunting rabbits in the field.
- My grandfather used to hunt deer in the forest every autumn.
- To search for someone or something very carefully.
- The police are hunting the escaped prisoner.
- I've been hunting for a good used car all week.
- She hunted through her bag for the car keys.
- To try to find and catch someone in order to harm or kill them.
- The villain hunted the hero across the entire city.
- The soldiers were ordered to hunt the enemy spies.
- In the movie, a monster hunts the teenagers one by one.