Meaning

4 senses

  1. The act of hunting.

    Jagd

    охо́таoxóta, ло́вляlóvlja, ловlov

    полюва́нняpoljuvánnja, ловlov, ло́вляlóvlja

  2. A hunting expedition.

  3. An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.

  4. (collective)A pack of hunting dogs.

More definitions
  • the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
  • the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
  • an instance of searching for something
  • an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport

Examples

269 sentences

  1. 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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  2. He likes to hunt.

    Він любить полювання. — aandrusiak

    ruОн любит охотиться. — Biga

    deEr jagt gerne. — MUIRIEL

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  3. Tom likes to hunt.

    Том полюбляє полювати. — deniko

    ruТому нравится охотиться. — odexed

    deTom jagt gerne. — pullnosemans

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  4. I like to hunt.

    Мені подобається полювати. — deniko

    ruЯ люблю охоту. — marafon

    deIch gehe gern jagen. — Felixjp

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  5. I don't hunt anymore.

    Я більше не полюю. — deniko

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the act of hunting, shooting:
Русский
By meaning 1
the act of hunting, shooting:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the act of hunting, shooting:

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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Forms

plural: hunts
Singularhunt
Pluralhunts

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport:hunting
  • the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts:hunting
  • an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport:hunt club
  • British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859):Leigh HuntJames Henry Leigh Hunt
  • United States architect (1827-1895):Richard Morris Hunt
  • Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910):Holman HuntWilliam Holman Hunt

Word family

29 related words
Derivedantihuntbunny huntcanned huntdrag huntegg huntfoxhuntghosthunthunt ballhuntboardhuntlesshuntlikehuntmasterhunt saboteurhunt seathuntspersonhuntswomanmanhuntmolehuntpersonhuntpixel huntpuzzlehuntscavenger huntsnark huntsnipe hunt

Collocations

3 patterns
  • doesn't hunt anymore
  • likes to hunt
  • hunt anymore

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hungryA1hunkhunkyhunterA2huntingB2huntsmanhurdle

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