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  • 21hunt — [[t]hʌ̱nt[/t]] ♦♦♦ hunts, hunting, hunted 1) VERB If you hunt for something or someone, you try to find them by searching carefully or thoroughly. [V for n] A forensic team was hunting for clues... [V for n] Some new arrivals lose hope even… …

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  • 22hunt — I UK [hʌnt] / US verb Word forms hunt : present tense I/you/we/they hunt he/she/it hunts present participle hunting past tense hunted past participle hunted ** 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to kill animals for food or for their skin or other… …

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  • 23hunt — v. & n. v. 1 tr. (also absol.) a pursue and kill (wild animals, esp. foxes, or game), esp. on horseback and with hounds, for sport or food. b (of an animal) chase (its prey). 2 intr. (foll. by after, for) seek, search (hunting for a pen). 3 intr …

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  • 24Hunt — v. & n. v. 1 tr. (also absol.) a pursue and kill (wild animals, esp. foxes, or game), esp. on horseback and with hounds, for sport or food. b (of an animal) chase (its prey). 2 intr. (foll. by after, for) seek, search (hunting for a pen). 3 intr …

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  • 25hunt — verb 1》 pursue and kill (a wild animal) for sport or food.     ↘(of an animal) chase and kill (its prey). 2》 search diligently for.     ↘(of the police) search for (a criminal).     ↘(hunt someone down) pursue and capture someone.     ↘[as… …

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  • 26hunt — [[t]hʌnt[/t]] v. t. 1) to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing 2) to pursue (a person) aggressively in order to capture (often fol. by down): to hunt down a kidnapper[/ex] 3) to search for; seek… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 27hunt — /hʌnt / (say hunt) verb (t) 1. to chase (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing. 2. to scour (a region) in pursuit of game. 3. to use or manage (a horse, etc.) in the chase. 4. to pursue with force, hostility, etc.:… …

  • 28ˌhunt sb/sth ˈdown — phrasal verb to try very hard to find someone or something They ll actually hunt down old books for you.[/ex] …

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  • 29Down and Dirty — This article is about the book from the Wild Cards series. For other uses, see Down and dirty (disambiguation). Down and Dirty is the fifth book in the Wild Cards anthology series, set in the same shared universe as the other Wild Cards novels… …

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  • 30Hunt — Hunt, v. i. 1. To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds. [1913 Webster] Esau went to the field to hunt for venison. Gen. xxvii. 5. [1913 Webster] 2. To seek; to pursue; to search; with for or after. [1913 Webster]… …

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