hunting
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(noun) the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport |
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Synonyms: hunt |
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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: hunt |
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Related Words: birdnesting, labor, labour, stalk, stalking, still hunt, toil |
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(noun) the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone |
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Synonyms: hunt, 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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