"hunts" in the noun sense

1. Hunt, Holman Hunt, William Holman Hunt

Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)

2. Hunt, Richard Morris Hunt

United States architect (1827-1895)

3. Hunt, Leigh Hunt, James Henry Leigh Hunt

British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)

4. hunt, hunt club

an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport

5. hunt

an instance of searching for something

"the hunt for submarines"

6. search, hunt, hunting

the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

7. hunt, hunting

the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts

8. hunt, hunting

the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

"hunts" in the verb sense

1. hunt, run, hunt down, track down

pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals

"Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"

"The dogs are running deer"

"The Duke hunted in these woods"

2. hound, hunt, trace

pursue or chase relentlessly

"The hunters traced the deer into the woods"

"the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"

3. hunt

chase away, with as with force

"They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood"

4. hunt

yaw back and forth about a flight path

"the plane's nose yawed"

5. hunt

oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent

"The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency"

6. hunt

seek, search for

"She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them"

7. hunt

search (an area) for prey

"The King used to hunt these forests"

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