Kilo Lingo

hunt

/hʌnt/

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Translation

To chase and try to catch wild animals, or to search hard for something.

Word origin

From Old English huntian, meaning to chase or seek game.

Origin
Old English
Root
huntian

Grammar

Verb typeregular (hunt, hunts, hunted)

Examples

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"Hunt" means to chase and try to catch them.

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"Hunts" here means she searches hard for the keys.

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"Hunted" is the past form of "hunt".

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This word is part of lesson 11.