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hunt

pronunciation:: huhnt
parts of speech:: verb, intransitive verb
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part of speech:	verb
inflections:	hunts, hunting, hunted
definition:	When an animal hunts other animals, it tries to find and catch them for its food. Large birds like eagles and hawks hunt small animals like mice. Lions hunt larger animals like zebras. People sometimes hunt animals too. They often hunt animals like deer and wild birds. On TV, we watched a lion hunting a zebra.There is a certain time of year when people can hunt deer.

part of speech:	intransitive verb
definition 1:	When an animal hunts, it tries to catch and kill other animals for its food. People sometimes hunt too. The lion cub is just learning to hunt.My dad goes fishing, but he doesn't hunt. When he catches a fish, he puts it back in the water.
definition 2:	When you hunt for something, you try to find it by looking in many different places. My mom said she'd been hunting for her glasses everywhere, but she couldn't find them. Then I saw them on top of her head! similar words: look

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hunter:
a person who hunts.
hunting:
the activity of finding and killing animals for sport or food.

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	some actions associated with hunting
	chase, kill, shoot
	some people associated with hunting
	hunter
	some things animals use for hunting
	claws, horns, teeth
	some things people use for hunting
	arrow, bow, camouflage, gun, knife, map