to hunt

Definition von to hunt im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: chase; To ride at a hunt
Did you hunt that pony last week?.; An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to such an organization (capitalized if the name of a specific organization); To chase down prey and (usually) kill it
Her uncle is out deer hunting, now that it is open season.; A hunting expedition; The act of hunting; To try to find something; search
The little girl was hunting for shells on the beach.; {v} to chase, pursue, search, seck, manage; {n} a chase, pursuit, sport, pack of hounds; an English occupational surname for a hunter (for game, birds etc); molar(a); To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer; United States architect (1827-1895); 1 Of an aircraft, rocket, etc : to weave about its flightpath, as if seeking a new direction of another angle of attack, specifically, to yaw back and forth; yaw back and forth about a flight path; "the plane's nose yawed"; search (an area) for prey; "The King used to hunt these forests"; {f} chase and capture game animals; search, look for; follow after, pursue; To seek; to pursue; to search; with for or after; chase away, with as with force; "They hunted the the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood; The game secured in the hunt; If you hunt for something or someone, you try to find them by searching carefully or thoroughly. A forensic team was hunting for clues = search Hunt is also a noun. The couple had helped in the hunt for the toddlers. = search; If a team or competitor is in the hunt for something, they still have a chance of winning it. We're still in the hunt for the League title and we want to go all the way in the Cup. see also hunting, witch-hunt. British writer and editor of the Examiner (1806-1821). He is known for his essays defending romanticism. American architect who supervised an addition to the Louvre in Paris and designed an extension of the U.S. Capitol (1855) as well as the base of the Statue of Liberty. British painter who with Rossetti and Millais founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His works include The Light of the World (1854) and The Scapegoat (1856). American painter who brought the painting of the French Barbizon school to the attention of American artists and collectors. Hunt Haroldson Lafayette Hunt R. Timothy Hunt Richard Morris Hunt William Holman Morgan Thomas Hunt Pendleton George Hunt; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish; oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent; "The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency"; seek, search for; "She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them"; chase away, with as with force; "They hunted the the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood"; To use or manage in the chase, as hounds; A district of country hunted over; To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc; In Britain, when people hunt, they ride horses over fields with dogs called hounds and try to catch and kill foxes, as a sport. She liked to hunt as often as she could. Hunt is also a noun. The hunt was held on land owned by the Duke of Marlborough; In Britain, a hunt is a group of people who meet regularly to hunt foxes; an instance of searching for something; "the hunt for submarines"; To shift up and down in order regularly; the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport; Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910); the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone; To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds; the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts; 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; To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, or the like; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel; To chase down prey and (usually) kill it. When the prey is a fish, its not called hunting, but fishing; To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes; {i} act of chasing and capturing game animals; If you hunt a criminal or an enemy, you search for them in order to catch or harm them. Detectives have been hunting him for seven months Hunt is also a noun. Despite a nationwide hunt for the kidnap gang, not a trace of them was found; The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search; an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport British writer who defended the romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859) United States architect (1827-1895) Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910) pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"; To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country; the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts an instance of searching for something; "the hunt for submarines"; When people or animals hunt, they chase and kill wild animals for food or as a sport. As a child I learned to hunt and fish He got up at four and set out on foot to hunt black grouse. Hunt is also a noun. He set off for a nineteen-day moose hunt in Nova Scotia; British writer who defended the romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859); pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"; pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found the him"; A pack of hounds; to chase and kill animals for food; An association of huntsmen; An action that a vampire can take to restore lost, spent, or burned blood counters; an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport