English > hunt down: 1 sense > verb 1, competitionMeaning | 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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