hunt

NOUNVERB /hənt/
4 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH H

hunt is a valid 4-letter word worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
H4U1N1T1
4 + 1 + 1 + 1 =7 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 14TRIPLE WORD → 21
MEANING

What does hunt mean?

NOUN · 8 SENSES
1

An association of huntsmen who hunt for sport.

SYNONYMS
2

An instance of searching for something.

“the hunt for submarines”

BROADER
3

The activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone.

BROADER
4

United States architect (1827-1895).

5

The work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts.

SYNONYMS
6

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

7

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

SYNONYMS
8

Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910).

VERB · 7 SENSES
1

Chase away, with as with force.

“They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood”

2

Oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent.

“The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency”

3

Search (an area) for prey.

“The King used to hunt these forests”

BROADER
4

Seek, search for.

“She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them”

5

Yaw back and forth about a flight path.

BROADER
6

Pursue or chase relentlessly.

“The hunters traced the deer into the woods”

SYNONYMS
NARROWER
RELATED
7

Pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals).

“Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland”

“The Duke hunted in these woods”

AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of hunt

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