1 to chase wild animals or birds in order to catch or kill them for food, sport or to make money:
[V] Lions sometimes hunt alone. * [VN] Whales are still being hunted and killed in the Arctic.
2 [V] ~ (for sth) to look for sth that is difficult to find
SYNSEARCH:
I've hunted everywhere but I can't find it. * She is still hunting for a new job.
3 ~ (for) sb to look for sb in order to catch them or harm them:
[VN] Police are hunting an escaped criminal. * [V] Detectives are hunting for thieves who broke into a warehouse yesterday.
4 [V, VN] (in Britain) to chase and kill FOXES as a sport, riding horses and using dogs
PHRASALVERBS
hunt sb<->down to search for sb until you catch or find them, especially in order to punish or harm them:
The President warned that terrorists would be hunted down.
hunt sth<->down / out to search for sth until you find it:
We hunted down their phone number and gave them a call. * I hunted out my old school photos to show Mary.
سۆز تۈركۈمى: noun
1 [C,usually sing.] ~ (for sb/sth) an act of looking for sb/sth that is difficult to find:
The hunt is on for a suitable candidate. * Hundreds have joined a police hunt for the missing teenager. * a murder hunt (= to find the person who has killed sb)
seealsoTREASUREHUNT, WITCH-HUNT
2 [C] (often in compounds) an act of chasing wild animals to kill or capture them:
a tiger / seal hunt
3 [C] (in Britain) an event at which people ride horses and hunt FOXES as a sport:
There will be a hunt on Boxing Day. * a hunt meeting
4 [C+sing./pl.v.] (in Britain) a group of people who regularly hunt FOXES as a sport:
There are several different hunts in the area.
