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{
"term": "hunt",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "hunt",
"heSheIt": "hunts"
},
"pastSimple": "hunted",
"pastParticiple": "hunted",
"ingForm": "hunting"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to go after wild animals in order to catch or kill them for food, sport or to make money",
"sensetop": "hunt somethinghunt for somethinghunt something for something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Lions sometimes hunt alone."
},
{
"text": "Whales are still being hunted and killed in the Arctic.",
"contextForm": "hunt something"
},
{
"text": "Cavemen had to hunt for their food.",
"contextForm": "hunt for something"
},
{
"text": "They watched the bald eagles hunting for fish."
},
{
"text": "The animals are hunted for their fur.",
"contextForm": "hunt something for something"
},
{
"text": "Turtles are illegally hunted for their eggs, meat and shells."
},
{
"text": "Porpoises were still being actively hunted in Greenland."
},
{
"text": "The animals come out at night to hunt for mice and other small animals."
},
{
"text": "The whales were heavily hunted by British commercial whalers."
},
{
"text": "It is now illegal to hunt otters."
}
],
"topics": ["Sports: other sports"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to look for something that is difficult to find",
"sensetop": "hunt for something+ adv./prep.",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She is still hunting for a new job.",
"contextForm": "hunt for something"
},
{
"text": "I've hunted everywhere but I can't find it.",
"contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
},
{
"text": "After spending half an hour hunting through the boxes, he had still found nothing."
},
{
"text": "desperately hunting for a new job"
},
{
"text": "I spent an hour hunting for all the documents."
},
{
"text": "She was hunting through her bag for her keys."
}
],
"synonyms": "search"
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to look for somebody in order to catch them or harm them",
"sensetop": "hunt somebodyhunt for somebody",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Police are hunting an escaped criminal.",
"contextForm": "hunt somebody"
},
{
"text": "Detectives are hunting for thieves who broke into a warehouse yesterday.",
"contextForm": "hunt for somebody"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "(in the UK) to go after and kill foxes as a sport, riding horses and using dogs. Fox hunting with dogs has been illegal in England and Wales since 2005, but people still ride out with dogs following a scent trail, without an actual fox.",
"sensetop": "hunt (something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They hunt when they stay with friends in Ireland."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/hʌnt/",
"audio": "hu/hunt/hunt__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/hʌnts/",
"audio": "hu/hunt/hunts__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhʌntɪd/",
"audio": "hu/hunt/hunted__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhʌntɪŋ/",
"audio": "hu/hunt/hunting__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/hʌnt/",
"audio": "hu/hunt/hunt__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/hʌnts/",
"audio": "hu/hunt/hunts__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhʌntɪd/",
"audio": "hu/hunt/hunted__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhʌntɪŋ/",
"audio": "hu/hunt/hunting__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English huntian, of Germanic origin."
}