English > hunting: 3 senses > noun 1, act| Meaning | The pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport. |
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| Synonym | hunt |
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| Category of | bag | capture or kill, as in hunting / hunting |
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| batfowl | catch birds by temporarily blinding them |
| drive | (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground |
| drive | (hunting) search for game |
| gin | trap with a snare |
| trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel | catch in or as if in a trap |
| Narrower | battue | A hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter |
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| beagling | hunting rabbits with beagles |
| coursing | hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent |
| deer hunting, deer hunt | hunting deer |
| ducking, duck hunting | hunting ducks |
| fox hunting, foxhunt | mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox |
| pigsticking | The sport of hunting wild boar with spears |
| Broader | blood sport | sport that involves killing animals (especially hunting) |
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| outdoor sport, field sport | A sport that is played outdoors |
| Spanish | cacería, caza, montería |
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| Catalan | caça, cacera |
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| Verbs | hunt | pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) |
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| hunt | search (an area) for prey |
