hunt
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(noun) the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport |
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Synonyms: hunting |
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Related Words: battue, beagling, bloodsport, coursing, ducking, field sport, fox hunting, foxhunt, outdoor sport, pigsticking |
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(noun) the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts |
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Synonyms: hunting |
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Related Words: birdnesting, labor, labour, stalk, stalking, still hunt, toil |
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(verb) hunt wild animals; "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland" |
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Synonyms: hunt down, run, track down |
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Related Words: ambush, capture, catch, drive, falcon, forage, fowl, foxhunt, hawk, jack, jacklight, poach, rabbit, scrounge, seal, snipe, still-hunt, tree, whale |
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(noun) a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria |
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Synonyms: pursuit, quest |
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Related Words: search |
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(noun) an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport |
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Synonyms: hunt club |
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Related Words: club, gild, guild, lodge, order, society |
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(verb) pursue or chase relentlessly |
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Synonyms: hound, trace |
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Related Words: chase, chase after, dog, go after, tag, tail, track, trail |
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(noun) the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone |
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Synonyms: hunting, search, searching |
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Related Words: activity, digging, dowsing, exploration, forage, foraging, frisk, frisking, looking, looking for, manhunt, quest, ransacking, rummage, scouring, seeking |
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