hunt
verb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland
Types & categories
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Sense 2 verb
pursue or chase relentlessly
The hunters traced the deer into the woods
Types & categories
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Sense 3 verb
chase away, with as with force
They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood
Types & categories
- rouse hypernym
Sense 4 noun
an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
Types & categories
- social club hypernym
Sense 5 verb
yaw back and forth about a flight path
the plane's nose yawed
Types & categories
- yaw hypernym
Related & opposite
- airplane domain topic
Sense 6 noun
an instance of searching for something
the hunt for submarines
Types & categories
- search hypernym
Related & opposite
- hunt derivation
Sense 7 verb
oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent
The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency
Types & categories
- vibrate hypernym
Sense 8 noun
the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
Types & categories
- activity hypernym
- exploration hyponym
- foraging hyponym
- frisk hyponym
- looking for hyponym
- manhunt hyponym
- seeking hyponym
- ransacking hyponym
- scouring hyponym
- shakedown hyponym
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Sense 9 verb
seek, search for
She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them
Types & categories
- search hypernym
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Sense 10 noun
the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
Types & categories
- toil hypernym
- canned hunt hyponym
- stalking hyponym
- birdnesting hyponym
- predation hyponym
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Sense 11 verb
search (an area) for prey
The King used to hunt these forests
Types & categories
- search hypernym
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Sense 12 noun
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
Types & categories
- outdoor sport hypernym
- blood sport hypernym
- battue hyponym
- beagling hyponym
- coursing hyponym
- deer hunting hyponym
- ducking hyponym
- fox hunting hyponym
- pigsticking hyponym
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hunting |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hunting |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hunter |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | hunt |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | run |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | capture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | snipe |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | whale |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | still-hunt |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | turtle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | drive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | drive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rabbit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fowl |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | poach |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | seal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ferret |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | course |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | foxhunt |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | jacklight |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hawk |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | falcon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fowl |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | forage |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hunting |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hunting |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hound |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hunter |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | chase |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ferret |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | rouse |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | social club |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | airplane |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | yaw |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | hunt |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | search |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | vibrate |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | search |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | hunt |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | search |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | activity |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | exploration |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | foraging |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | frisk |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | looking for |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | manhunt |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | seeking |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | ransacking |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | scouring |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | shakedown |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | search |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | hunt |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | hunter |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | search |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | hunt |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | hunt |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | hound |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | toil |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | canned hunt |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | stalking |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | birdnesting |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | predation |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | hunting |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | hunting |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | hunter |
| 11 | verb group | Related & opposite | hunt |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | search |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | hunt |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | hunt |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | hound |
| 12 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | bag |
| 12 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | batfowl |
| 12 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | trammel |
| 12 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | gin |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | outdoor sport |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | blood sport |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | battue |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | beagling |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | coursing |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | deer hunting |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | ducking |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | fox hunting |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | pigsticking |