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verb | noun hunthunt1 /hʌnt/ ●●● S3 W3 verb ETYMOLOGYhunt1Origin: Old English huntian VERB TABLEhunt |
| Present | I, you, we, they | hunt | | he, she, it | hunts | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | hunted | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have hunted | | he, she, it | has hunted | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had hunted | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will hunt | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have hunted |
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| Present | I | am hunting | | he, she, it | is hunting | | you, we, they | are hunting | | Past | I, he, she, it | was hunting | | you, we, they | were hunting | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been hunting | | he, she, it | has been hunting | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been hunting | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be hunting | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been hunting |
THESAURUSgo behind/after► followa) to walk, drive, run, etc. behind or after someone else: They followed us in their car. The president was followed by a crowd of photographers.b) to go closely behind someone in order to find out where he or she is going: The man followed her home. ► chase to quickly follow someone or something in order to catch him, her, or it: The store’s owner chased the thief down the street. ► pursue formal to chase someone or something: The police pursued the car for ten miles before stopping it. ► run after to chase someone or something on foot: She started to leave, and Smith ran after her. ► trail to follow a short distance behind someone, often because you do not want to walk with him or her: Kenny walked down the block with his little brother trailing behind him. ► tail informal to secretly watch and follow someone such as a criminal: Police have been tailing the drug dealer for weeks. ► track to search for a person or animal by following a smell or marks on the ground: The police used dogs to track the missing girl. ► stalk to follow a person or animal quietly in order to catch, attack, or kill him, her, or it. You can also use stalk to mean to follow and watch someone a lot, in a way that is very annoying or frightening: The tiger was stalking its prey. One of the singer’s fans was arrested for stalking her. ► hunt to follow an animal in order to catch and kill it: In the book, Captain Ahab hunts the white whale called Moby Dick. 1[intransitive, transitive] to look for and try to kill an animal to eat it, to get its skin, or for sport: This isn’t the season for hunting deer.► see thesaurus at follow2[intransitive] if an animal hunts, it chases other animals in order to kill and eat them: Owls usually hunt at night.hunt for The cat was hunting for mice.3[intransitive] to look for someone or something very carefully SYN search: hunt for The kids were hunting for shells on the beach.4[intransitive, transitive] to search for and try to catch someone, especially a criminal: Police are still hunting the killer.hunt for somebody The military has been hunting for him for years.5hunt and peck a method of typing by which you must look for every letter on the keyboard before you type it [Origin: Old English huntian]hunt somebody/something ↔ down phrasal verb to find an enemy or a criminal after searching hard: Army troops are hunting down the guerrillas.hunt somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb1to search for and try to catch someone or get rid of someone: The troops were on a mission to hunt out enemy submarines.2to look for something that is difficult to find: Jack hunted out a shady spot where he could sit and read. verb | noun hunthunt2 ●●○ noun [countable] 1[usually singular] a careful search for someone or something that is difficult to find SYN search: hunt for the hunt for the missing child a hunt for the best person to lead the party2an occasion when people look for or chase animals in order to kill them: illegal elephant hunts |