hunt

To look for and follow animals in order to catch or kill them.

• Lions hunt at night.
• My uncle used to hunt rabbits.
• Some birds hunt small animals for food.

Similar words: pursue

Common phrases: hunt rabbits, hunt for food, hunt wild animals, hunt deer

To look carefully for something or someone, often for a long time.

• I am hunting for my glasses.
• They hunted for a cheaper apartment.
• Have you hunted everywhere for the missing letter?

How to use it: hunt for someone/something (We hunted for the missing keys all morning.)

Similar words: search, look, seek

Common phrases: hunt for something, hunt for someone, bargain hunt

To chase someone or something, often to catch them or force them away.

• Police are hunting the escaped prisoner.
• They hunted the thieves down within a week.
• The villagers hunted the wolves away.

How to use it: hunt someone/something down (The police hunted down the escaped prisoner.); hunt someone/something from somewhere (They hunted the wolves from the village.)

Similar words: chase, pursue

Common phrases: hunt someone down, hunt someone away, hunt someone out

An attempt to find someone or something.

• The hunt for my keys began.
• Our treasure hunt ended at the old bridge.
• The police have started a hunt for the suspect.

How to use it: hunt for someone/something (The hunt for the missing child continued all night.); on the hunt for something (We are on the hunt for a new house.)

Similar words: search

Common phrases: hunt for something, on the hunt, treasure hunt, job hunt

An activity in which people search for animals to catch or kill them.

• They went on a deer hunt.
• The fox hunt started early in the morning.
• Several hunts were cancelled because of heavy snow.

Common phrases: fox hunt, deer hunt, on a hunt, successful hunt