Antonyms for hunt


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : huhnt
Phonetic Transcription : hÊŒnt


Definition of hunt

Origin :
  • Old English huntian "chase game," related to hentan "to seize," from Proto-Germanic *huntojan (cf. Gothic hinþan "to seize, capture," Old High German hunda "booty"), from PIE *kend-.
  • General sense of "search diligently" (for anything) is first recorded c.1200. Related: Hunted; hunting. Happy hunting-grounds "Native American afterlife paradise" is from "Last of the Mohicans" (1826).
  • noun search, chase
  • verb chase for killing
  • verb look, search for
Example sentences :
  • But mostly they hunt for this Andrew Lanning a dozen at a time.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • I am starting on a hunt in darkest Deanery for my cuff links.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • He did not even lose his high standing because he would not hunt Andrew alone.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • But, when I'm out of this, I'll hunt you down again and I'll plant you full of lead, my son!
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • So long as he don't get on my back to hunt other people, I don't care.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Why should a coyote, who is the least of all wolves, hunt for himself when he can find a man to follow?
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • I waited on War Bonnet when he went to the hunt, and learned war-craft from him.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • I will hunt out General O'Neill, and interview him on the field of slaughter.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • Let's go and hunt him up—and we can settle about the pictures at the same time.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • "We were going to hunt up a parson in Upper Chester," said the Captain, sheepishly.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various

Synonyms for hunt

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