hunter
part of speech
noun (a hunter, hunters)
meaning for a pupil
1) A hunter is a person who hunts wild animals for food or sport. tree →
2) A hunter is an animal that hunts other animals, a predator. tree →
3) A hunter is someone who searches hard for something: a treasure hunter, a bargain hunter. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: Nimrod's title "mighty hunter before the LORD" is read by some commentators as a warning about a proud ruler, and by others as praise. In the primary lessons: In history lessons early people were hunter-gatherers, getting food by hunting animals and gathering plants. In science, hunters (predators) like lions, owls and sharks catch prey; food chains show hunter and hunted. In stories hunters track animals, or treasure hunters search for gold. Phrases: «hunter-gatherer», «treasure hunter», «bargain hunter», «a skilled hunter».
examples
- He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; wherefore it is said: 'Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD.' (Torah GEN.10.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the boys grew; and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents. (Torah GEN.25.27, JPS 1917) tree →
- Deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. (Writings PRO.6.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- Stone Age people were hunter-gatherers. tree →
- The owl is a silent night hunter. tree →
- The hunter followed the deer's tracks. tree →
- Cats are natural hunters. tree →
- A treasure hunter found old coins on the beach. tree →
- Sharks are powerful ocean hunters. tree →
- In the story, the hunter saved Little Red Riding Hood. tree →
- My aunt is a real bargain hunter at sales. tree →
- "Hail, fair maiden!" says the hunter. tree →
note
Countable. Built from hunt + er. In science words: hunter = predator; hunted = prey. «Orion the Hunter» is a famous constellation.
In the corpora
- He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; wherefore it is said: 'Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD.'
- Deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
- Cats are ambush hunters, and even well-fed pet cats still hunt because the urge to chase and pounce is built in.
- That is a hunter's body doing what it was built for.
- Glyptodonts were armadillo relatives as big as a small car, covered in a bony shell that protected them from hunters such as Smilodon.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «hunter» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.