hunt
hunt
/hʌnt/
Lions sometimes hunt alone.
hunt something Whales are still being hunted and killed in the Arctic.
hunt for something Cavemen had to hunt for their food.
They watched the bald eagles hunting for fish.
hunt something for something The animals are hunted for their fur.
Turtles are illegally hunted for their eggs, meat and shells.
2 intransitive to look for something that is difficult to find hunt for something She is still hunting for a new job.
+ adv./prep. I've hunted everywhere but I can't find it.
After spending half an hour hunting through the boxes, he had still found nothing.
hunt somebody Police are hunting an escaped criminal.
hunt for somebody Detectives are hunting for thieves who broke into a warehouse yesterday.
4 intransitive, transitive hunt (something) (in the UK) to go after and kill foxes as a sport, riding horses and using dogs. Fox hunting with dogs has been illegal in England and Wales since 2005, but people still ride out with dogs following a scent trail, without an actual fox. They hunt when they stay with friends in Ireland.
Phrasal Verbs
hunt
/hʌnt/
The hunt is on for a suitable candidate.
hunt for somebody/something Hundreds have joined a police hunt for the missing teenager.
on the hunt for somebody/something They have been on the hunt for a new chief executive since July.
brides-to-be on the hunt for the perfect wedding dress
a murder hunt (= to find the person who has killed somebody)
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
massivenationwidepolice…
verb + hunt
beginlaunchcontinue…
hunt + verb
beginbe oncontinue…
preposition
hunt for
2 countable (often in compounds) an act of going after wild animals to kill or capture them a tiger/seal hunt
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
bearfoxseal…
verb + hunt
go ontake part in
hunt + noun
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3 countable (in the UK) an event at which people ride horses and hunt foxes with dogs as a sport, illegal in England and Wales since 2005 There was always a hunt on Boxing Day.
a hunt meeting
4 countable + singular or plural verb (in the UK) a group of people who regularly hunt foxes as a sport. Since 2005, instead of a fox, they follow a specially laid scent trail. There were several different hunts in the area.
Idioms
Word Origin
Old English huntian, of Germanic origin.