| NOUN | act | hunting, hunt | the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport |
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| act | hunting, search, hunt | the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone | |
| act | hunting, hunt | the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts / pelts |
| Sounds | hhah'ntihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | The pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport. | |
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| Synonym | hunt | |
| Category of | bag | capture or kill, as in hunting / hunting |
| batfowl | catch birds by temporarily blinding them | |
| gin | trap with a snare | |
| trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel | catch in or as if in a trap | |
| Narrower | battue | A hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter |
| beagling | hunting rabbits with beagles | |
| coursing | hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent | |
| deer hunting, deer hunt | hunting deer | |
| ducking, duck hunting | hunting ducks | |
| fox hunting, foxhunt | mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox | |
| pigsticking | The sport of hunting wild boar with spears | |
| Broader | blood sport | sport that involves killing animals (especially hunting) |
| outdoor sport, field sport | A sport that is played outdoors | |
| Catalan | caça | |
| Spanish | caza | |
| Verbs | hunt | pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) |
| hunt | search (an area) for prey | |
| Meaning | The activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone. | |
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| Synonyms | search, hunt | |
| Narrower | exploration | A careful systematic search |
| foraging, forage | The act of searching for food and provisions / provisions | |
| frisk, frisking | The act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs | |
| looking, looking for | The act of searching / searching visually | |
| manhunt | An organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime) | |
| quest, seeking | The act of searching / searching for something | |
| ransacking, rummage | A thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion) | |
| scouring | Moving over territory to search / search for something | |
| shakedown | A very thorough search of a person or a place | |
| Broader | activity | Any specific behavior |
| Catalan | cerca, recerca | |
| Spanish | busca, búsqueda | |
| Verbs | hunt | seek, search for |
| Meaning | The work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts / pelts. | |
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| Synonym | hunt | |
| Narrower | birdnesting | hunting for birds' nests to get the eggs |
| canned hunt | A hunt for animals that have been raised on game ranches until they are mature enough to be killed for trophy collections | |
| predation | The act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey | |
| stalk, stalking, still hunt | A hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush | |
| Broader | labor, labour, toil | Productive work (especially physical work done for wages) |
| Catalan | caça | |
| Spanish | caza | |
| Verbs | hunt | pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) |