B1verb · transitive · common

hunt

hunt · hunts · hunted · hunting

ловити, полювати

искать, разыскивать, ловить, охотиться

suchen, jagen

To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal…To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.

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/hʌnt/

» I can teach you how to hunt.

Ich kann dir die Jagd beibringen.

Ich kann dir das Jagen beibringen.

Ich kann dir beibringen, wie man jagt.

Я могу научить тебя охотиться.

Я могу научить вас охотиться.

Я можу тебе навчити полювати.

Я можу вас навчити полювати.

Meaning

8 senses

(ambitransitive)To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
State Wildlife Management areas often offer licensed hunters the opportunity to hunt on public lands.
Her uncle will go out and hunt for deer, now that it is open season.
suchen
разы́скиватьrazýskivatʹ, иска́тьiskátʹ
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
(ambitransitive)To try to find something; search (for).
The little girl was hunting for shells on the beach.
The police are hunting for evidence.
seek, search for
(transitive)To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.
to hunt down a criminal
He was hunted from the parish.
jagen
охо́титьсяoxótitʹsja, лови́тьlovítʹ
полюва́тиpoljuváty, лови́тиlovýty
chase away, with as with force
(transitive)To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting.
Did you hunt that pony last week?
(transitive)To use or traverse in pursuit of game.
He hunts the woods, or the country.
(transitive)To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.
(intransitive)To shift up and down in order regularly.
(intransitive)To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, etc.; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel.

Examples

269 sentences

I can teach you how to hunt.
Я можу тебе навчити полювати. — deniko
ruЯ могу научить тебя охотиться. — odexed
deIch kann dir die Jagd beibringen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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He likes to hunt.
Він любить полювання. — aandrusiak
ruОн любит охотиться. — Biga
deEr jagt gerne. — MUIRIEL
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Tom likes to hunt.
Том полюбляє полювати. — deniko
ruТому нравится охотиться. — odexed
deTom jagt gerne. — pullnosemans
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I like to hunt.
Мені подобається полювати. — deniko
ruЯ люблю охоту. — marafon
deIch gehe gern jagen. — Felixjp
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I don't hunt anymore.
Я більше не полюю. — deniko
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to chase down prey:

Русский

By meaning 2

to search for something:

to chase down prey:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to search for something:

to chase down prey:

Origin

From Middle English hunten, from Old English huntian (“to hunt”), from Proto-West Germanic

From Middle English hunten, from Old English huntian (“to hunt”), from Proto-West Germanic *huntōn (“to hunt, capture”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent- (“to catch, seize”). Related to Old High German hunda (“booty”), Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (hunþs, “body of captives”), Old English hūþ (“plunder, booty, prey”), Old English hentan (“to catch, seize”). More at hent, hint.

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