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  • 11hunt — hunt1 [ hʌnt ] verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to kill animals for food or for their skin or other parts, or for sport: Crocodiles were hunted and killed for their teeth. hunt for: We hunted for rabbits in the hills. a ) to catch and eat… …

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  • 12hunt — 1 verb 1 (I, T) to chase animals and birds in order to catch and kill them: At one time man had to hunt to survive. | hunt sth: hunting big game in Kenya 2 (I) to look hard for something you have lost: We ve been hunting for the car keys for the… …

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  • 13hunt — [[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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  • 14hunt — 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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  • 15Out of the Unknown — For the collection of short stories by A. E. van Vogt and E. Mayne Hull, see Out of the Unknown (collection). Out of the Unknown Format Anthology Science fiction Drama …

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  • 16hunt — [[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… …

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  • 17hunt — 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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  • 18Hunt — 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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  • 19hunt for — Search for, seek for, look for, hunt out …

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  • 20Hunt the Wumpus — is an early computer game, based on a simple hide and seek format featuring a mysterious monster (the Wumpus) that lurks deep inside a network of rooms. About the game Using a command line text interface, a player of Hunt the Wumpus enters… …

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