Another word for hunt
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Verb
To look for and pursue (game) in order to capture or kill it
- To move threateningly or menacingly.
- To go through (an area) in pursuit of prey or quarry.
- To walk with a stiff, haughty, or angry gait:
- To cause to function; operate:
- (--- Informal) To depart; leave:
- To publish in a periodical:
- To force to go through or penetrate:
- (Basketball) To drive through (the lane)
- To drive a blow, ball, missile, etc.
- To put to flight; drive:
- To go or follow in pursuit.
- To run after; follow; pursue
See also:To try to find something
- To try to locate or discover; search for:
- To try to find; search for; look for
- To look for someone or something
- To examine (a person) for something concealed, as by running one's hands over the clothing, through the pockets, etc.
- To search a place or space in order to find something:
- To look through (writings, records, etc.) to establish certain facts
- To search for; seek
- To go in search
- To search for something:
- To express by one's looks, or appearance
- To have an appearance of conformity with:
- To seem or appear to be:
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Idioms:
To pursue and locate
hunt down
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Another word for hunt
Noun
The pursuit of game
- (Rare) The art or science of fishing
- (Cycling) A discipline in track cycling where two opposing teams start on opposite sides of the track and try to catch their opponents.
- The act of pursuing.
- An occupation, career, interest, etc. to which one devotes time and energy
- (Informal) Evasive, trifling, or manipulative behavior:
- (Mathematics) A model of a competitive situation that identifies interested parties and stipulates rules governing all aspects of the competition, used in game theory to determine the optimal course of action for an interested party.
- A competitive activity or sport in which players contend with each other according to a set of rules:
- The act, occupation, or sport of catching fish.
- (uncountable) The business of catching fish, molluscs, crustaceans or echinoderms in large quantities for sale.
- (Uncountable) The activity or sport of catching fish from a body of water.
- The act, process, or art of fishing with a hook and line and usually a rod.
- A series of such competitions held at a specified time on a regular course:
- A steady onward movement or course
- A series of such competitions for horses, cars, etc. on a regular course
- A part of a meal served as a unit at one time:
- Development in a particular way; progress:
- A complete body of prescribed studies constituting a curriculum:
- The act or sport of hunting; the chase.
- The indulgence in or pursuit of sexual activity.
- (Archaic) The act or practice of hunting game; the chase
- (Sports) A horserace across open country or over an obstacle course.
- A cross-country footrace or one run over a prepared course with ditches and other obstacles
- A horse race run over a prepared course with artificial obstructions, such as ditches, hedges, and walls
- An English patronymic surname, variant of Hawkins.
- Hunting with hawks; falconry
- Action of the verb to hawk.
- A sport in which hunters on horses ride after dogs in pursuit of a fox
- The act or an instance of shooting a gun, specif., one that results in wounding or killing
- A groove or recess in a wall, made to provide space as for a pipe or conduit
- A license to hunt over a specified area or to keep animals there as game
- The hunting of game:
A search
- (Informal) A quick look or inspection
- A quick survey or glance.
- (Countable) A particular instance or piece of research.
- (Uncountable) Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc.; laborious or continued search after truth.
- Careful, systematic, patient study and investigation in some field of knowledge, undertaken to discover or establish facts or principles
- A regular path or track; a course.
- The action of one that traces
- A record in the form of a graph made by a device such as a seismograph.
- A question
- An interrogating or being interrogated; examination
- (Short for, Now Rare) interrogation mark
- An act or effort made in the pursuit of knowledge:
- A branch of knowledge or department of learning:
- A detailed examination, analysis, or experiment investigating a subject or phenomenon:
- A judicial inquiry into a specified matter, such as a person's mental condition.
- An investigation or inquiry:
- (Law) An investigation conducted by a coroner, sometimes with the aid of a jury, into the cause of death of a person when the cause may be criminal.
- A lengthy, searching look
- A careful, continuous watch; surveillance
- Close, careful examination or observation.
- The act of inquiring into a matter; an investigation.
- The written finding of such an inquiry
- An investigation that violates the privacy or rights of individuals, especially through rigorous or harsh interrogation.
- The institution and conduct of a legal proceeding:
- The State as the party that institutes and carries on criminal proceedings in court
- A prosecuting, or following up
- (Nautical) The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck.
- Pursuit, especially when persistent or relentless.
- A carrying out or putting into effect; prosecution.
- A completion or putting into effect of something already begun; a prosecution.
- A pursuing, or carrying out, as of a project, plan, etc.
- The act of one who seeks; a search or quest to find something.
- (Countable) A particular instance or piece of research.
- (Uncountable) Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc.; laborious or continued search after truth.
- Careful, systematic, patient study and investigation in some field of knowledge, undertaken to discover or establish facts or principles
- An exploring or being explored
- The act or an instance of exploring:
- An activity, such as a vocation or hobby, engaged in regularly.
- (Cycling) A discipline in track cycling where two opposing teams start on opposite sides of the track and try to catch their opponents.
- An occupation, career, interest, etc. to which one devotes time and energy
- An expedition undertaken in medieval romance by a knight in order to perform a prescribed feat:
- Any journey or undertaking in pursuit of a typically lofty or noble goal
- In medieval romance, a chivalric journey undertaken by a knight in order to procure or achieve a particular object or end
- An attempt to seize control of a company, as by acquiring a majority of its stock.
- A predatory operation mounted against a competitor, especially an attempt to lure away the personnel or membership of a competing organization.
- A deliberate attempt by one or more speculators to cause a quick, unexpected fall in stock market prices
- An investigation or examination
- A close examination of a matter:
- The act of inquiring:
- A model of Ford automobile
- An instrumented spacecraft for exploring the upper atmosphere, space, or a celestial body in order to get information about the environment, physical properties, etc.
- An exploratory action or expedition, especially one designed to investigate and obtain information on a remote or unknown region:
- A careful search or examination; systematic inquiry
- The act or process of investigating:
- A careful examination or search in order to discover facts or gain information.
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Verb
To pursue with intent to kill
- Contraction of of course.
- To proceed or move swiftly in a certain direction or along a course:
- To move swiftly; run or race
- To bring up or catch by such means.
- To take or escort (a person, for example), especially in overcoming resistance or reluctance:
- To move (an icon), esp. by means of a mouse, in such a way that its course can be followed
- To search around
- To hunt (rabbits, for example) with ferrets.
- To uncover and bring to light by searching. Often used with out:
- To become muddy or broken up from being trampled. Used of land.
- To take (fish or game) illegally, especially by trespassing on another's property.
- To become soggy or full of holes when trampled; turn into mud
- To carry through vigorously to a conclusion:
- To control the movement or direct the course of (an automobile, horse and wagon, locomotive, etc.)
- To work or try hard, as to reach a goal
- To sit on and be carried along by a horse or other animal, esp. one controlled by the rider
- To move by way of an intangible force or impetus; move as if on water:
- To work or move from the proper place, especially on the body:
- To take a particular form, order, or expression:
- To move without hindrance or restraint:
- (Nautical) To sail or steer before the wind or on an indicated course:
- To seek something in a sly or indirect way:
- To try to get something indirectly or by cunning
- To catch or try to catch fish, shrimps, etc. in
- To tempt or attract into a situation, esp. one that is dangerous, risky, etc.
- To catch or hold, especially with a loop.
- To get hold or control of (something difficult to catch):
- To make gloomy or troubled, especially over time:
- To follow, especially in secret; trail.
- To stay close to or follow, esp. in secret, so as to observe the movements and activities of
- To move the heels rhythmically in dancing
- To tilt or cause to tilt to one side.
- To follow at one's heels:
- (Film) To follow (a moving object or person) with a moving camera
- To leave marks made of (dirt or mud, for example) on a surface:
- To observe or monitor the course of (an aircraft, for example), as by radar.
- (Slang) To send, hand, or give in a swift or hasty way
- To record on film or video using a movie camera:
- (--- Informal) To use up or waste (time, money, etc.)
- (Informal) To overcome with laughter, chagrin, pleasure, surprise, etc.
- To cause (an engine, etc.) to stop; turn off
- To spend (time) on matters of little or no importance
- To succeed in preserving in lasting form:
- To attract and hold:
- To represent (something transient, immaterial, etc.) in more or less permanent form
- To go to; resort to
- To try to locate or discover; search for:
- To try to get or find out by asking or searching
- Totally; completely. Often used in combination:
- To follow, hunt, or track down doggedly
- To hold or secure with a mechanical dog
- To follow the traces or scent of, as in hunting; track.
- To allow to drag or stream behind, as along the ground:
- To follow the course taken by; pursue:
- To pressure or force from a place or situation:
- To hunt or chase with or as with hounds; chase or follow continually; nag
- To make repeated demands of or subject to persistent criticism:
- To go through (an area) in pursuit of prey or quarry.
- To follow or pursue (another person) persistently in a harassing and, typically, obsessive way
- To follow or observe (a person) persistently, especially out of obsession or derangement.
- To put to flight; drive:
- To follow quickly or persistently in order to catch or harm
- To run after; follow; pursue
- To come or go after; proceed behind:
- To move along the course of; take:
- To come, move, or take place after another person or thing in order or time.
See also:To try to find
- To discover by searching thoroughly.
- To search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged.
- (Intransitive) To hastily search for something in a confined space and among many items by carelessly turning things over or pushing things aside.
- To dispute; challenge
- To pose a question or questions regarding (something); analyze or examine:
- To ask a question or questions
- To examine by questioning formally or officially.
- (Computers) To transmit a signal for setting off an appropriate response.
- To ask questions
- To study or analyze:
- To determine the qualifications, aptitude, or skills of by means of questions or exercises.
- To question formally, as to elicit facts or information; interrogate:
- To become clean and bright by being scoured
- To clean things by vigorous rubbing and polishing
- To scrub something in order to clean or polish it.
- (Idiomatic) To search thoroughly (for something), looking in every conceivable place.
- (Idiomatic, by extension) To perform a task carefully and thoroughly, not missing any step.
- To ask, especially politely or formally:
- To ask questions about (something); investigate or analyze:
- To seek information; ask a question or questions
- To trace or track by a spoor
- To track (an animal or person) by following the spoor.
- To discover something after searching.
- To move through space in such a way as to represent or conform to the outline of (a given shape)
- To follow the course or trail of:
- To determine (a source, date, etc.) by this procedure
- To drag or let drag behind one, esp. on the ground, etc.
- To follow the course taken by; pursue:
- To become gradually fainter; dwindle:
- To penetrate or explore physically, especially with a probe, in order to find or discover something:
- To subject (a person) to questioning; interrogate.
- To pose questions or conduct an investigation:
- To cause to be involved in an unpleasant or difficult situation:
- To take or escort (a person, for example), especially in overcoming resistance or reluctance:
- To bring (a subject) into conversation, a piece of writing, etc. unnecessarily or as if by force
- To analyze or examine carefully in order to separate the various elements; sift
- To separate the chaff from (grain) by means of a current of air.
- To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate:
- To scatter (a pulverized substance) by or as by the use of a sieve
- To put (flour, for example) through a sieve in order to separate the fine from the coarse particles.
- To separate; screen; distinguish
- To make a detailed inquiry or systematic examination.
- To search into so as to learn the facts; inquire into systematically
- To observe or inquire into in detail; examine systematically:
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