hunt
hunt is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 11 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow; -- often with out or up; as, to hunt up the facts; to hunt out evidence. Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. Ps. cxl.
- 2.3. To drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.
- 3.To use or manage in the chase, as hounds. He hunts a pack of dogs. Addison.
- 4.To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country.
- 5.To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds. Esau went to the field to hunt for venison. Gen. xxvii.
- 6.2. To seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after. He after honor hunts, I after love. Shak. To hunt counter, to trace the scent backward in hunting, as a hound to go back on one's steps. [Obs.] Shak.
- 7.The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search. The hunt is up; the morn is bright and gray. Shak.
- 8.The game secured in the hunt. [Obs.] Shak.
- 9.A pack of hounds. [Obs.]
- 10.An association of huntsmen.
- 11.A district of country hunted over. Every landowner within the hunt. London Field.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- acknowledge
- acknowledgment
- answer
- antiphon
- antiphony
- because
- cause
- clue
- conclusive
- counter
- determine
- discover
- discovery
- echo
- eureka
- explain
- explanation
- fathom
- for
- give
- indication
- inquire
- interpret
- oracle
- out
- password
- rationale
- rebut
- rebutter
- record
- rejoin
- rejoinder
- repartee
- replication
- reply
- rescript
- rescription
- respond
- respondent
- response
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is hunt.
- What is to search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow; -- often with out or up; as, to hunt up the facts; to hunt out evidence. Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. Ps. cxl called?
- What is 3. To drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish called?
- What is to use or manage in the chase, as hounds. He hunts a pack of dogs. Addison called?
- What is to use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country called?
- What is to follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds. Esau went to the field to hunt for venison. Gen. xxvii called?
- What is the act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search. The hunt is up; the morn is bright and gray. Shak called?
- What is the game secured in the hunt. [Obs.] Shak called?
- What is a district of country hunted over. Every landowner within the hunt. London Field called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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