Definition: the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
Similar words: field sport, outdoor sport
Definition: a sport that is played outdoors
Similar words: blood sport
Definition: sport that involves killing animals (especially hunting)
Definition: the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
Similar words: labor, labour, toil
Definition: productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
Usage: his labor did not require a great deal of skill
Synonyms: search, hunt, hunting
Definition: the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
Similar words: activity
Definition: any specific behavior
Usage: they avoided all recreational activity
Synonyms: hunt
Definition: an instance of searching for something
Usage: the hunt for submarines
Similar words: search
Definition: the examination of alternative hypotheses
Usage: his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful
Definition: an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
Similar words: guild, gild, order, lodge, social club, society, club
Definition: a formal association of people with similar interests
Usage: he joined a golf club; they formed a small lunch society; men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today
Synonyms: Hunt, James Henry Leigh Hunt, Leigh Hunt
Definition: British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)
Definition: writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
Synonyms: Hunt, Richard Morris Hunt
Definition: United States architect (1827-1895)
Similar words: architect, designer
Definition: someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)
Synonyms: William Holman Hunt, Holman Hunt, Hunt
Definition: Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
Similar words: Pre-Raphaelite
Definition: a painter or writer dedicated to restoring early Renaissance ideals
Synonyms: track down, run, hunt, hunt down
Definition: pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
Usage: Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland; The dogs are running deer; The Duke hunted in these woods
Definition: capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
Usage: I caught a rabbit in the trap today
Synonyms: hunt
Definition: search (an area) for prey
Usage: The King used to hunt these forests
Definition: search or seek
Usage: We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest; Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!
Synonyms: hunt
Definition: seek, search for
Usage: She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them
Similar words: look for, search, seek
Definition: try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
Usage: The police are searching for clues; They are searching for the missing man in the entire county
Synonyms: hunt
Definition: oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent
Usage: The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency
Similar words: oscillate, vibrate
Definition: move or swing from side to side regularly
Usage: the needle on the meter was oscillating
Definition: pursue or chase relentlessly
Usage: The hunters traced the deer into the woods; the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him
Similar words: chase, chase after, dog, tag, tail, track, trail, go after, give chase
Definition: go after with the intent to catch
Usage: The policeman chased the mugger down the alley; the dog chased the rabbit
Synonyms: hunt
Definition: yaw back and forth about a flight path
Usage: the plane's nose yawed
Similar words: yaw
Definition: deviate erratically from a set course
Usage: the yawing motion of the ship
Synonyms: hunt
Definition: chase away, with as with force
Usage: They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood
Similar words: rouse, rout out, drive out, force out
Definition: force or drive out
Usage: The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M.