hunting

  • 11hunting — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big game, deer, fox (usually fox hunting), etc. ▪ He was killed by a lion while big game hunting in Africa. ▪ commercial …

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  • 12hunting — hunt|ing [ hʌntıŋ ] noun uncount ** 1. ) the activity of chasing and killing wild animals: fox/deer hunting a campaign to ban the hunting of wild animals go hunting: They went hunting most days of the season. a ) only before noun connected with… …

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  • 13hunting */*/ — UK [ˈhʌntɪŋ] / US noun [uncountable] 1) a) the activity of chasing and killing wild animals fox/deer hunting a campaign to ban the hunting of wild animals go hunting: They went hunting most days of the season. b) [only before noun] connected with …

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  • 14hunting — [[t]hʌ̱ntɪŋ[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Hunting is the chasing and killing of wild animals by people or other animals, for food or as a sport. Hunting is one of Italy s most popular sports... Deer hunting was banned in Scotland in 1959. ...a hunting… …

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  • 15hunting — hunt|ing [ˈhʌntıŋ] n [U] 1.) chasing and killing animals for food or sport 2.) in Britain, the sport of hunting ↑foxes = ↑foxhunting 3.) job hunting/house hunting/flat hunting the activity of looking for a job, house, or flat 4.) go hunting to… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16hunting — noun (U) 1 the act of chasing and killing animals for food or for sport 2 the sport of hunting foxes (fox1 (1)) in Britain 3 job hunting/house hunting etc the activity of looking for a job, house etc 4 go hunting to hunt for animals, especially… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17hunting — /ˈhʌntɪŋ/ (say hunting) noun 1. the act of someone or something that hunts. 2. the practice of hunting game or other wild animals, for food or for sport: pig hunting; kangaroo hunting. 3. Electricity the periodic variation of a controlled… …

  • 18hunting — n. the practice of pursuing and killing wild animals, esp. for sport. Phrases and idioms: hunting crop see CROP n. 3. hunting ground 1 a place suitable for hunting. 2 a source of information or object of exploitation likely to be fruitful.… …

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  • 19hunting — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. looking for, looking around, seeking, in search of; see searching 2 . n. Syn. the chase, the hunt, sporting, shooting, coursing, venery, stalking, falconry, trapping, big game hunting, deer hunting, boar hunting, fox… …

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  • 20Hunting — 49° 24′ 53″ N 6° 19′ 40″ E / 49.4147, 6.3278 …

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