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Definitions for Hunting

[1] the act of a person, animal, or thing that hunts.
[2] Electricity . the periodic oscillating of a rotating electromechanical system about a mean space position, as in a synchronous motor.
[3] of, for, engaged in, or used while hunting: a hunting cap.
[4] to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
[5] to pursue with force, hostility, etc., in order to capture (often followed by down ): They hunted him down and hanged him.
[6] to search for; seek; endeavor to obtain or find (often followed by up or out ): to hunt up the most promising candidates for the position.
[7] to search (a place) thoroughly.
[8] to scour (an area) in pursuit of game.
[9] to use or direct (a horse, hound, etc.) in chasing game.
[10] Change Ringing . to alter the place of (a bell) in a hunt.
[11] to engage in the pursuit, capture, or killing of wild animals for food or in sport.
[12] to make a search or quest (often followed by for or after ).
[13] Change Ringing . to alter the place of a bell in its set according to certain rules.
[14] an act or practice of hunting game or other wild animals.
[15] a search; a seeking or endeavor to find.
[16] a pursuit.
[17] a group of persons associated for the purpose of hunting; an association of hunters.
[18] an area hunted over.
[19] Change Ringing . a regularly varying order of permutations in the ringing of a group of from five to twelve bells.
[20] the pursuit and killing or capture of game and wild animals, regarded as a sport (as modifier ) hunting boots ; hunting lodge Related adjective: venatic
[21] to seek out and kill or capture (game or wild animals) for food or sport
[22] (intr often foll by for ) to look (for); search (for) to hunt for a book ; to hunt up a friend
[23] (tr) to use (hounds, horses, etc) in the pursuit of wild animals, game, etc to hunt a pack of hounds
[24] (tr) to search or draw (country) to hunt wild animals, game, etc to hunt the parkland
[25] (tr often foll by down ) to track or chase diligently, esp so as to capture to hunt down a criminal
[26] (tr; usually passive) to persecute; hound
[27] (intr) (of a gauge indicator, engine speed, etc) to oscillate about a mean value or position
[28] (intr) (of an aircraft, rocket, etc) to oscillate about a flight path
[29] the act or an instance of hunting
[30] chase or search, esp of animals or game
[31] the area of a hunt
[32] a party or institution organized for the pursuit of wild animals or game, esp for sport
[33] the participants in or members of such a party or institution
[34] in the hunt informal having a chance of success that result keeps us in the hunt See also hunt down, hunt up
[35] Henry , known as Orator Hunt . 1773–1835, British radical, who led the mass meeting that ended in the Peterloo Massacre (1819)
[36] (William ) Holman. 1827–1910, British painter; a founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (1848)
[37] James. 1947–93, British motor-racing driver: world champion 1976
[38] (Henry Cecil ) John , Baron. 1910–98, British army officer and mountaineer. He planned and led the expedition that first climbed Mount Everest (1953)
[39] (James Henry ) Leigh (liː). 1784–1859, British poet and essayist: a founder of The Examiner (1808) in which he promoted the work of Keats and Shelley

Words related to Hunting

shooting, fishery, angling, fishing, sporting, trapping, stalking, coursing, hawking, fowling, falconry, venery

Words nearby Hunting

hunter's sauce, hunter's syndrome, hunter-gatherer, hunter-killer, hunter-killer satellite, hunting, hunting and gathering societies, hunting box, hunting case, hunting cat, hunting chair

Origin of Hunting

before 1000; (v.) Middle English hunten, Old English huntian, derivative of hunta hunter, akin to hentan to pursue; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.

Other words from Hunting

an·ti·hunt·ing , noun, adjective
non·hunt·ing , adjective
hunt·a·ble , adjective
hunt·ed·ly , adverb
out·hunt , verb (used with object)
o·ver·hunt , verb (used with object)
un·hunt·a·ble , adjective
un·hunt·ed , adjective

Word origin for Hunting

Old English huntian; related to Old English hentan, Old Norse henda to grasp

Synonyms for Hunting

angling, fishery, fishing, shooting, coursing, falconry, fowling, hawking, sporting, stalking, trapping, big-game hunting, halieutics, the hunt, venatics, venery