hunt
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
- 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
- Being glad for someone's success without hunting for a catch is part of being a good neighbour.
- The teddy bear is named after US President Theodore Roosevelt, who in 1902 refused to shoot a bear tied up on a hunt.
- Sharks don't hunt humans; bites are very rare and often a mistake, and people kill around 100 million sharks a year.
- Birds of prey, also called raptors, hunt other animals with sharp eyes, hooked beaks and gripping feet with curved talons.
- Harris's hawks hunt in family groups, which is rare for birds of prey, and they are often trained by falconers.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «hunt» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.