Hunts
Meaning of Hunts
verb, 3rd person present
- pursue and kill (a wild animal) for sport or food.
in the autumn they hunted deer
they hunted and fished
- search determinedly for someone or something.
he desperately hunted for a new job
- (of a device or system) oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state.
on weak stereo signals this circuit can hunt over mono and stereo in a very disconcerting manner
- (in change-ringing) move the place of a bell in a simple progression.
- an act of hunting wild animals or game.
a bear-hunt
- a search.
police launched a hunt for the killer
- an oscillating motion about a desired speed, position, or state.
Old English huntian, of Germanic origin. Sense 4 dates from the late 17th century, and is probably based on the idea of the bells pursuing one another; it gave rise to the sense ‘oscillate about a desired speed’ (late 19th century).
Information about Hunts
- The singular form of Hunts is: Hunt.
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Hyphenation of Hunts
Hunts
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- Hunts is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Hunts synonyms
Meaning pursue in order to catch or catch up with:
Meaning follow or chase (someone or something):
Meaning the main stem of a herbaceous plant:
Meaning pursue (game, especially hares) with greyhounds using sight rather than scent:
Meaning follow the trail or movements of (someone or something), typically in order to find them or note their course:
Meaning draw or be drawn along behind someone or something:
Meaning go after (someone) in order to observe or monitor them:
Meaning follow and observe (someone) closely and secretly:
Meaning harass, persecute, or pursue relentlessly:
Meaning follow (someone) closely and persistently:
Meaning follow:
Meaning try to find something by looking or otherwise seeking carefully and thoroughly:
Meaning direct one's gaze toward someone or something or in a specified direction:
Meaning attempt to find (something):
Meaning the action of pursuing someone or something:
Meaning pursue or approach stealthily:
Meaning the sport of hunting game animals such as hares with greyhounds using sight rather than scent:
Meaning the maintenance of a constant difference in frequency between two or more connected circuits or components:
Meaning envelop in shadow; cast a shadow over:
Meaning the residue of something, especially ore:
Meaning a long or arduous search for something:
Meaning search unsystematically and untidily through something:
Meaning (of a person or animal) search widely for food or provisions:
Anagrams of Hunts
Words that rhyme with Hunts
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