Hunt vs. Prey

Huntverb

(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.’;

Preynoun

(archaic) Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war

Huntverb

(ambitransitive) To try to find something; search (for).

‘The little girl was hunting for shells on the beach.’; ‘The police are hunting for evidence.’;

Preynoun

That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim.

Huntverb

(transitive) To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.

‘to hunt down a criminal’; ‘He was hunted from the parish.’;

Preynoun

A living thing that is eaten by another living thing.

‘The rabbit was eaten by the coyote, so the rabbit is the coyote's prey.’;

Huntverb

(transitive) To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting.

‘Did you hunt that pony last week?’;

Preynoun

The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.

Huntverb

(transitive) To use or traverse in pursuit of game.

‘He hunts the woods, or the country.’;

Preynoun

The victim of a disease.

Huntverb

To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.

Preyverb

(intransitive) To act as a predator.

Huntverb

To shift up and down in order regularly.

Preynoun

Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder.

‘And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest.’;

Huntverb

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.

Preynoun

That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim.

‘The old lion perisheth for lack of prey.’; ‘Already sees herself the monster's prey.’;

Huntnoun

The act of hunting.

Preynoun

The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.

‘Hog in sloth, fox in stealth, . . . lion in prey.’;

Huntnoun

A hunting expedition.

Preyverb

To take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by violence.

‘More pity that the eagle should be mewed,While kites and buzzards prey at liberty.’;

Huntnoun

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

Preynoun

a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence;

‘he fell prey to muggers’; ‘everyone was fair game’; ‘the target of a manhunt’;

Huntnoun

A pack of hunting dogs.

Preynoun

animal hunted or caught for food

Huntverb

To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer.

‘Like a dog, he hunts in dreams.’;

Preyverb

profit from in an exploitatory manner;

‘He feeds on her insecurity’;

Huntverb

To search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow; - often with out or up; as, to hunt up the facts; to hunt out evidence.

‘Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.’;

Preyverb

prey on or hunt for;

‘These mammals predate certain eggs’;

Huntverb

To drive; to chase; - with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.

Huntverb

To use or manage in the chase, as hounds.

‘He hunts a pack of dogs.’;

Huntverb

To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country.

Huntverb

To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.

Huntverb

To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds.

‘Esau went to the field to hunt for venison.’;

Huntverb

To seek; to pursue; to search; - with for or after.

‘He after honor hunts, I after love.’;

Huntverb

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, or the like; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel.

Huntverb

To shift up and down in order regularly.

Huntnoun

The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search.

‘The hunt is up; the morn is bright and gray.’;

Huntnoun

The game secured in the hunt.

Huntnoun

A pack of hounds.

Huntnoun

An association of huntsmen.

Huntnoun

A district of country hunted over.

‘Every landowner within the hunt.’;

Huntnoun

Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)

Huntnoun

United States architect (1827-1895)

Huntnoun

British writer who defended the romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)

Huntnoun

an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport

Huntnoun

an instance of searching for something;

‘the hunt for submarines’;

Huntnoun

the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

Huntnoun

the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts

Huntnoun

the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

Huntverb

pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals);

‘Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland’; ‘The dogs are running deer’; ‘The Duke hunted in these woods’;

Huntverb

pursue or chase relentlessly;

‘The hunters traced the deer into the woods’; ‘the detectives hounded the suspect until they found the him’;

Huntverb

chase away, with as with force;

‘They hunted the the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood’;

Huntverb

yaw back and forth about a flight path;

‘the plane's nose yawed’;

Huntverb

oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent;

‘The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency’;

Huntverb

seek, search for;

‘She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them’;

Huntverb

search (an area) for prey;

‘The King used to hunt these forests’;

Huntverb

pursue and kill (a wild animal) for sport or food

‘they hunted and fished’; ‘in the autumn they hunted deer’;

Huntverb

pursue (a wild animal, especially a fox or deer) on horseback using hounds

‘he used to hunt’; ‘an old dog fox who had been hunted many times before’;

Huntverb

use (a hound or a horse) for hunting

‘he hunted his hounds every day’;

Huntverb

(of an animal) chase and kill (its prey)

‘mice are hunted by weasels and foxes’; ‘lionesses hunt in groups’;

Huntverb

search determinedly for someone or something

‘he desperately hunted for a new job’;

Huntverb

(of the police) search for (a criminal)

‘the gang is being hunted by police’; ‘police are hunting for her attacker’;

Huntverb

search for and capture someone

‘the killers will be hunted down’;

Huntverb

(of a device or system) oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state

‘on weak stereo signals this circuit can hunt over mono and stereo in a very disconcerting manner’;

Huntverb

(of an aircraft or rocket) oscillate about a mean flight path.

Huntverb

(in change-ringing) move the place of a bell in a simple progression.

Huntnoun

an act of hunting wild animals or game

‘a bear-hunt’;

Huntnoun

an association of people who meet regularly to hunt, especially with hounds.

Huntnoun

an area where hunting takes place.

Huntnoun

a search

‘police launched a hunt for the killer’;

Huntnoun

an oscillating motion about a desired speed, position, or state.