English > hunt down: 1 sense > verb 1, competition| Meaning | pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Synonyms | hunt, run, track down |
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| Narrower | course | hunt with hounds |
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| drive | (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground |
| drive | (hunting) search for game |
| falcon | hunt with falcons |
| ferret | hunt with ferrets |
| fowl | hunt fowl in the forest / forest |
| fowl | hunt fowl |
| foxhunt | hunt foxes, on horseback and with dogs |
| hawk | hunt with hawks |
| jacklight, jack | hunt with a jacklight |
| poach | hunt illegally |
| rabbit | hunt rabbits |
| scrounge, forage | Collect or look around for (food) |
| seal | hunt seals |
| snipe | hunt or shoot snipe |
| still-hunt, ambush | hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing |
| turtle | hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation |
| whale | hunt for whales |
| Broader | capture, catch | Capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping |
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| Similar to | hunt | search (an area) for prey |
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| run | Cause an animal to move fast |
| Spanish | cazar |
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| Catalan | caçar |
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