hunting

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noun

1. the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport (Freq. 14)
• Syn:
hunt
• Derivationally related forms:
hunt, hunt (for: hunt)
• Members of this Topic:
bag, batfowl, trap, entrap, snare,
ensnare, trammel, gin
• Hypernyms:
outdoor sport, field sport, blood sport
• Hyponyms:
battue, beagling, coursing, deer hunting, deer hunt,
ducking, duck hunting, fox hunting, foxhunt, pigsticking
2. the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
search, hunt
• Derivationally related forms:
hunt, hunt (for: hunt), search (for: search)
• Hypernyms:
activity
• Hyponyms:
exploration, foraging, forage, frisk, frisking,
looking, looking for, manhunt, quest, seeking, ransacking,
rummage, scouring, shakedown
3. the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
hunt
• Derivationally related forms:
hunt, hunt (for: hunt)
• Hypernyms:
labor, labour, toil
• Hyponyms:
canned hunt, stalk, stalking, still hunt, birdnesting, predation

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  hunt, search