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hunt
verb [I or T] (CHASE) /hʌnt/Definition
B1 to chase and try to catch and kill an animal or bird for food, sport, or profit: Some animals hunt at night. When lion cubs are young, the mother stays with them while the father hunts for food. Jack and Charlie like to hunt/go hunting (= chase and kill animals for sport) at weekends. Cats like to hunt mice and birds. Elephants used to be hunted for the ivory from their tusks.Hunting › in Britain, to chase and kill animals, especially foxes, using dogs and riding on horsesHunting
(Definition of hunt verb (CHASE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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