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• lions sometimes hunt alone.
• whales are still being hunted and killed in the arctic.
• i've hunted everywhere but i can't find it.
• she is still hunting for a new job.

hunt

1. to chase wild animals or birds in order to catch or kill them for food, sport or to make money
• Lions sometimes hunt alone.
• Whales are still being hunted and killed in the Arctic.
2. to look for something that is difficult to find
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• I've hunted everywhere but I can't find it.
• She is still hunting for a new job.
3. to look for somebody in order to catch them or harm them
• Police are hunting an escaped criminal.
• Detectives are hunting for thieves who broke into a warehouse yesterday.
4. (in Britain) to chase and kill foxes as a sport, riding horses and using dogs. Fox hunting with dogs has been illegal in the UK since 2005.

Extra Examples

• He goes hunting every weekend.
• I spent an hour hunting for all the documents.
• Police are still hunting the killer of three-year-old Lucy Black.
• Porpoises were still being actively hunted in Greenland.
• The animals come out at night to hunt for mice and other small animals.
• The whales were heavily hunted by British commercial whalers.
• desperately hunting for a new job
• I’m still hunting for a new job.
• I’ve hunted everywhere, but I can’t find it.
• It is now illegal to hunt otters.
• She was hunting through her bag for her keys.
• The animals are hunted for their fur.
• They hunt when they stay with friends in Ireland.
• a tiger/seal hunt

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they hunt
• he / she / it hunts
• past simple hunted
• past participle hunted
• -ing form hunting

Word Origin

• Old English huntian, of Germanic origin.