Tra từ hunt - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

hunt [hunt hunts hunted hunting] verb, noun BrE [hʌnt] NAmE [hʌnt]
verb
1. intransitive, transitive to chase wild animals or birds in order to catch or kill them for food, sport or to make money
• Lions sometimes hunt alone.
•~ sth Whales are still being hunted and killed in the Arctic.
2. intransitive to look for sth that is difficult to find
Syn: ↑search
• I've hunted everywhere but I can't find it.
•~ for sth She is still hunting for a new job.
3. transitive, intransitive to look for sb in order to catch them or harm them
•~ sb Police are hunting an escaped criminal.
•~ for sb Detectives are hunting for thieves who broke into a warehouse yesterday.
4. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) (in Britain) to chase and kill foxes as a sport, riding horses and using dogs. Fox-hunting with dogs has been illegal in the UK since 2005.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English huntian, of Germanic origin.

Thesaurus:
hunt verb
1. I, T
•Lions sometimes hunt alone.
chase • • stalk • • track • • trail • • follow • |formal pursue •
hunt/chase/stalk/track/trail/follow/pursue an animal
hunt/chase/stalk/pursue (its) prey
hunt/chase/pursue a criminal
2. T, I
•I'm still hunting for a new job.
search • • look • |formal seek • • forage •
hunt/search/look/seek/forage for sth
hunt/search/look through sth
hunt/search/look for clues
police/detectives hunt/search for/look for/seek sb/sth

Example Bank:
•He goes hunting every weekend.
•I spent an hour hunting for all the documents.
•Police are still hunting the killer of three-year-old Lucy Black.
•Porpoises were still being actively hunted in Greenland.
•The animals come out at night to hunt for mice and other small animals.
•The whales were heavily hunted by British commercial whalers.
•desperately hunting for a new job
•I'm still hunting for a new job.
•I've hunted everywhere, but I can't find it.
•It is now illegal to hunt otters.
•She was hunting through her bag for her keys.
•The animals are hunted for their fur.
•They hunt when they stay with friends in Ireland.
•a tiger/seal hunt
Idiom: ↑in the hunt
Derived: ↑hunt somebody down ▪ ↑hunt something out

noun
1. countable, usually singular ~ (for sb/sth) an act of looking for sb/sth that is difficult to find
•The hunt is on for a suitable candidate.
•Hundreds have joined a police hunt for the missing teenager.
• (BrE)a murder hunt (= to find the person who has killed sb)
see also ↑treasure hunt, ↑witch-hunt
2. countable (often in compounds)an act of chasing wild animals to kill or capture them
•a tiger hunt
3. countable (in Britain) an event at which people ride horses and hunt foxes with dogs as a sport, illegal in the UK since 2005
•There will be a hunt on Boxing Day.
•a hunt meeting
4. countable + singular or plural verb (in Britain) a group of people who regularly hunt foxes as a sport
•There are several different hunts in the area.

Word Origin:
Old English huntian, of Germanic origin.

Example Bank:
•Detectives leading the hunt for the killer believe he may be in hiding.
•Hunt followers deny the sport is cruel.
•Police are continuing their hunt for the arsonist.
•Police forces in five counties are now involved in the murder hunt.
•Police launched a nationwide hunt for the woman, amid fears for her safety.
•She had never taken part in a fox hunt before.
•The hunt for survivors has now been called off.
•The hunt is on for potential employees with experience of electronic publishing.
•The investigation turned into a full-scale Communist witch hunt.
•The mountain rescue team is stepping up its hunt for the missing climbers.
•clashes between hunt supporters and hunt saboteurs
•The hunt is on for a suitable candidate.