hunting

  • 21HUNTING —    Iconographic sources and animal bones contribute to our picture of the importance of hunting for the Etruscans. Many Etruscan tomb paintings give an idealized picture of Etruscan hunting practices, as for example in the Tomb of Hunting and… …

    Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans

  • 22Hunting — This surname of Anglo Saxon origin, and recorded in the spellings of Hunt, Hunter, and Hunting, was originally an occupational surname for a hunter. Derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century word hunta and the verb huntian , the word was… …

    Surnames reference

  • 23Hunting —    Mentioned first in Gen. 10:9 in connection with Nimrod. Esau was a cunning hunter (Gen. 25:27). Hunting was practised by the Hebrews after their settlement in the Land of Promise (Lev. 17:15; Prov. 12:27). The lion and other ravenous beasts… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 24hunting — noun 1》 the activity of hunting wild animals or game. 2》 [in combination] the activity of searching for something: house hunting. 3》 (also plain hunting) Bell ringing a simple system of changes in which bells move through the order in a regular… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 25hunting — noun a) Chasing and killing animals for sport or to get food. After I finish house hunting Ill have to go job hunting as well. b) Looking for something, especially for a job or flat …

    Wiktionary

  • 26hunting — [ˈhʌntɪŋ] noun [U] 1) the activity of catching and killing wild animals 2) the activity of looking for a particular thing that you want or need bargain hunting[/ex] flat hunting[/ex] …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 27hunting — hunt•ing [[t]ˈhʌn tɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) the act of a person, animal, or thing that hunts 2) elm the periodic oscillating of a rotating electromechanical system about a mean space position, as in a synchronous motor 3) of, for, or engaged in hunting: a… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 28hunting — hunt ► VERB 1) pursue and kill (a wild animal) for sport or food. 2) (also hunt for or after) try to find by diligent searching. 3) (hunt down) pursue and capture (someone). 4) (hunted) appearing alarmed or harassed as if being hunted …

    English terms dictionary

  • 29hunting — See: HAPPY HUNTING GROUND …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 30hunting — See: HAPPY HUNTING GROUND …

    Dictionary of American idioms