Complete Definition of "hunt"

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English

Etymology
OE. huntian

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-hunt.ogg|Audio (US)

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�nt|-�nt

Verb
en-verb

  1. To chase down prey and (usually) kill it. When the prey is a fish, it's not called hunting, but fishing.

#: Her uncle is out deer hunting, now that it is open season.

  1. To try to find something; search.

#: The little girl was hunting for shells on the beach.

Translations
trans-top|To chase down prey
Albanian: gjuaj
Bosnian: t-|bs|loviti
Croatian: t-|hr|loviti
Chinese: �� (d�liè), �� (lièq�)
Danish: jage, gå på jagt efter
Dutch: jagen (jaagde, gejaagd)
Finnish: metsästää, jahdata
French: t+|fr|chasser
German: t+|de|jagen
Hebrew: �צ�� romanization of Hebrew|latsúd
Hindi: शि�ार �रना (šik�r karn�)
Italian: t+|it|cacciare
Japanese: ��
Kurdish: KUchar|�ا�دا�
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Malayalam: �വ���യാ��� (vEttayaatuka)
Persian: FAchar|شکار کرد� (šek�r kardan), FAchar|ص�د کرد� (said kardan)
Polish: polowa�
Portuguese: caçar
Romanian: t|ro|vâna
Russian: о�о�и���� (o�ótit�s�a) impf
Serbian:

Spanish: t+|es|cazar
Swedish: t-|sv|jaga
Telugu: వ��ాడ� (vETaaDu)
Turkish: avlamak [-ar]
Urdu: URchar|شکار کر�ا (šik�r karn�), URchar|ص�د کر�ا (said karn�)
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trans-top|To search for something
Danish: søge, lede
Finnish: metsästää, jahdata
Hebrew: �צ�� romanization of Hebrew|latsúd, ��פש romanization of Hebrew|lekhapés
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Portuguese: caçar
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ttbc|Estonian: jahtima, küttima
ttbc|Hungarian: vadászik
ttbc|Inuktitut: �������
ttbc|Korean: ���� (sanyang-hada), �� (jabda, japda)

Noun
en-noun

  1. The act of hunting.
Translations
trans-top|The act of hunting, shooting
Albanian: gjueti
Bosnian: t-|bs|lov|m
Chinese characters: �, � / � / �
Chinese: �� (shòuliè)
Croatian: t-|hr|lov|m
Czech: t-|cs|lov|m
Danish: t-|da|jagt|c
Dutch: t+|nl|jacht|m
Estonian: jaht
Ewe: adedada
Finnish: t+|fi|metsästys, t+|fi|jahti
French: t+|fr|chasse|f
German: t+|de|Jagd|f
Greek: κ�νήγι n
Hebrew: �צ�� romanization of Hebrew|matsód m, צ�� romanization of Hebrew|tsáyid m
Hindi: शि�ार (šik�r) m
Hungarian: vadászat
Italian: t+|it|caccia|f
Japanese: ��, ��
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Korean: �� (sanyang)
Kurdish: KUchar|�ا�
Malayalam: �വ��� (vEtta)
Persian: FAchar|شکار (šek�r), FAchar|ص�د (said)
Polish: polowanie n, my�listwo n
Portuguese (Brazil): caça
Romanian: t|ro|vân�toare
Russian: о�о�а (o�óta) f
Serbian:

Spanish: t-|es|caza|f
Swedish: t+|sv|jakt|c
Telugu: వ�� (vETa)
Turkish: t+|tr|av
Urdu: URchar|شکار (šik�r) m, URchar|ص�د (said) f
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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|�طاردة
ttbc|Basque: ehizatu
ttbc|Bengali: (shikAR kawrA)
ttbc|Bulgarian: лов
ttbc|Cebuano: pagpangayam
ttbc|Czech: pátrání n - the act of trying to find someone
ttbc|Esperanto: casi
ttbc|Frisian: jeie
ttbc|Hawaiian: hahai, 'imi
ttbc|Ilongo: mangayam
ttbc|Indonesian: pencarian

Derived terms
hunter
huntress
hunting
hunt saboteur
huntsman
treasure hunt
witch-hunt


Estonian
wikipedia|lang=et

Noun
hunt

  1. wolf, grey wolf

Synonyms
susi
untsantsakas
hall hunt (grey wolf)

Category:Estonian nouns
Category:et:Mammals


Old High German

Etymology
Common Germanic *hundaz, whence also Old English hund, Old Norse hundr

Noun
hunt m

  1. dog

Category:Old High German nouns

ast:hunt
da:hunt
el:hunt
es:hunt
fr:hunt
io:hunt
it:hunt
ku:hunt
hu:hunt
ja:hunt
pl:hunt
pt:hunt
ro:hunt
ru:hunt
simple:hunt
fi:hunt
ta:hunt
te:hunt
vi:hunt
tr:hunt
uk:hunt
yi:hunt
zh:hunt

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