hunting
English Thesaurus
1. the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | blood sport, |
| definition | : | sport that involves killing animals (especially hunting) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | battue, |
| definition | : | a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | beagling, |
| definition | : | hunting rabbits with beagles (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | coursing, |
| definition | : | hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | fox hunting, foxhunt, |
| definition | : | mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | pigsticking, |
| definition | : | the sport of hunting wild boar with spears (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | bag, |
| definition | : | capture or kill, as in hunting (verb.contact) |
| domain member category | : | batfowl, |
| definition | : | catch birds by temporarily blinding them (verb.contact) |
| domain member category | : | gin, |
| definition | : | trap with a snare (verb.contact) |
2. the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | labor, labour, toil, |
| definition | : | productive work (especially physical work done for wages) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | canned hunt, |
| definition | : | a hunt for animals that have been raised on game ranches until they are mature enough to be killed for trophy collections (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | stalk, stalking, still hunt, |
| definition | : | a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | birdnesting, |
| definition | : | hunting for birds' nests to get the eggs (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | predation, |
| definition | : | the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey (noun.act) |
3. the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | activity, |
| definition | : | any specific behavior (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | exploration, |
| definition | : | a careful systematic search (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | forage, foraging, |
| definition | : | the act of searching for food and provisions (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | frisk, frisking, |
| definition | : | the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | manhunt, |
| definition | : | an organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | quest, seeking, |
| definition | : | the act of searching for something (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | ransacking, rummage, |
| definition | : | a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | scouring, |
| definition | : | moving over territory to search for something (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | shakedown, |
| definition | : | a very thorough search of a person or a place (noun.act) |
4. the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport (noun.act)
| derivation | : | hunt, |
| definition | : | search (an area) for prey (verb.competition) |
| derivation | : | hound, hunt, trace, |
| definition | : | pursue or chase relentlessly (verb.motion) |
5. the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts (noun.act)
| derivation | : | hunt, |
| definition | : | search (an area) for prey (verb.competition) |
| derivation | : | hound, hunt, trace, |
| definition | : | pursue or chase relentlessly (verb.motion) |
6. the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone (noun.act)
| derivation | : | look for, search, seek, |
| definition | : | try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | hunt, |
| definition | : | seek, search for (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | look, search, |
| definition | : | search or seek (verb.perception) |
7. the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport (noun.act)
| derivation | : | hunt, |
| definition | : | search (an area) for prey (verb.competition) |
| derivation | : | hound, hunt, trace, |
| definition | : | pursue or chase relentlessly (verb.motion) |
8. the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts (noun.act)
| derivation | : | hunt, |
| definition | : | search (an area) for prey (verb.competition) |
| derivation | : | hound, hunt, trace, |
| definition | : | pursue or chase relentlessly (verb.motion) |
9. the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone (noun.act)
| derivation | : | look for, search, seek, |
| definition | : | try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | hunt, |
| definition | : | seek, search for (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | look, search, |
| definition | : | search or seek (verb.perception) |
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