HUNTS - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

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

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

United States architect (1827-1895)

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Noun

Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Noun

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

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Noun

an instance of searching for something

Example: the hunt for submarines

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Noun

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

Meaning 7

Part of speech: Noun

an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport

Meaning 8

Part of speech: Noun

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

Meaning 9

Part of speech: Verb

pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

Example: Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland; The dogs are running deer; The Duke hunted in these woods

Meaning 10

Part of speech: Verb

search (an area) for prey

Example: The King used to hunt these forests

Meaning 11

Part of speech: Verb

seek, search for

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

Meaning 12

Part of speech: Verb

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

Example: The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency

Meaning 13

Part of speech: Verb

pursue or chase relentlessly

Example: The hunters traced the deer into the woods; the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him

Meaning 14

Part of speech: Verb

yaw back and forth about a flight path

Example: the plane's nose yawed

Meaning 15

Part of speech: Verb

chase away, with as with force

Example: They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood