hunt
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,387 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,195 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) also: run, hunt down, track down Goering often hunted wild boars in PolandThe dogs are running deer
- pursue or chase relentlessly also: hound, trace The hunters traced the deer into the woodsthe detectives hounded the suspect until they found 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
noun
- Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910) also: Holman Hunt, William Holman Hunt
hunt in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He was even now preparing to return to Ceylon for an elephant hunt.
The Adventures of Kathlyn · Harold MacGrath · Chapter 1
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They spake not, neither did they hunt, nor eat, nor did they die.
The Eternal Maiden · T. Everett (Thomas Everett) Harré · Chapter 1
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One was bound in white with the picture of an African lion hunt on the front cover.
The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1
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But all these suggestions failed; he said Flint would hunt him down and fetch him back, just for meanness.
A Double Barrelled Detective Story · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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One day the Prince and his suite went out for a ride in a wood where his father sometimes held a hunt.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1