hunt

«hunt» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to chase and catch or kill wild animals for food or sport — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (hunt, hunts, hunted, hunting); noun (a hunt, hunts)

meaning for a pupil

1) To hunt is to chase and catch or kill wild animals for food or sport. tree →

2) To hunt for something means to search hard for it: hunt for your keys. tree →

3) A hunt is a search or a chase, like a treasure hunt or an Easter egg hunt. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, predators hunt prey: lions hunt zebras, owls hunt mice; the food chain shows who hunts whom. In history, early people hunted and gathered food. In everyday life children go on scavenger hunts and egg hunts. Phrases: hunt for, hunt down, treasure hunt, job hunt, go hunting.

examples

• And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. (Torah GEN.27.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lioness? (Writings JOB.38.39, JPS 1917) tree →
• Will ye hunt the souls of My people, and save souls alive for yourselves? (Prophets EZK.13.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• The slothful man shall not hunt his prey; but the precious substance of men is to be diligent. (Writings PRO.12.27, JPS 1917) tree →
• Lions hunt in groups. tree →
• Owls hunt at night. tree →
• We had an Easter egg hunt in the garden. tree →
• I hunted everywhere for my lost shoe. tree →
• Long ago, people hunted deer for meat. tree →
• The class went on a treasure hunt. tree →
• A cat hunts by waiting very still. tree →
• The police are hunting for the thief. tree →
• "The hunt is up!" cried the Prince. tree →

note

Countable as a noun: a hunt, two hunts. A hunter is the one who hunts; the animal hunted is prey. «Hunt for» means search; «hunt» alone usually means chase animals.

In the corpora

• And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
• Will ye hunt the souls of My people, and save souls alive for yourselves?
• A slanderer shall not be established in the earth; the violent and evil man shall be hunted with thrust upon thrust.
• For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a loaf of bread, but the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
• The slothful man shall not hunt his prey; but the precious substance of men is to be diligent.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hunt» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.