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Hunt

To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer.

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Broader term 25

Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Capture 76% connected

The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal.

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Catch 76% connected

To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

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Chase 76% connected

To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt.

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Club 76% connected

A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel.

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Dog 76% connected

A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris).

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Gild 76% connected

To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold.

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Guild 76% connected

An association of men belonging to the same class, or engaged in kindred pursuits, formed for mutual aid and protection; a business fraternity or cor…

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Labor 76% connected

Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort di…

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Labour 76% connected

productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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Lodge 76% connected

A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge.

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Look 76% connected

To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…

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Order 76% connected

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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Oscillate 76% connected

To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway.

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Rouse 76% connected

To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.

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Search 76% connected

To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.

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Seek 76% connected

Sick.

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Society 76% connected

The relationship of men to one another when associated in any way; companionship; fellowship; company.

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Tag 76% connected

Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label.

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Tail 76% connected

Limitation; abridgment.

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Toil 76% connected

A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural.

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Track 76% connected

A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.

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Trail 76% connected

To hunt by the track; to track.

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Vibrate 76% connected

of Vibrate

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Yaw 76% connected

To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.

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Ambush 76% connected

A disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. Hence: Unseen peril; a device to entrap; a snare.

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Course 76% connected

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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Drive 76% connected

To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

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Falcon 76% connected

One of a family (Falconidae) of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight.

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Ferret 76% connected

An animal of the Weasel family (Mustela / Putorius furo), about fourteen inches in length, of a pale yellow or white color, with red eyes. It is a na…

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Forage 76% connected

The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.

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Fowl 76% connected

Any bird; esp., any large edible bird.

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Hawk 76% connected

One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidae. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and…

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Jack 76% connected

A large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the East Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in having its leaves en…

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Poach 76% connected

To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel.

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Rabbit 76% connected

Any of the smaller species of the genus Lepus, especially the common European species (Lepus cuniculus), which is often kept as a pet, and has been i…

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Seal 76% connected

Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and Otariidae.

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Snipe 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

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Still-hunt 76% connected

A hunting for game in a quiet and cautious manner, or under cover; stalking; hence, colloquially, the pursuit of any object quietly and cautiously.

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Turtle 76% connected

The turtledove.

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Whale 76% connected

Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunte…

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Battue 76% connected

The act of beating the woods, bushes, etc., for game.

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Coursing 76% connected

of Course

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Ducking 76% connected

of Duck

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Exploration 76% connected

The act of exploring, penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of discovery, especially of geographical discovery; examination; as, the exploration…

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Forage 76% connected

The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.

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Foraging 76% connected

of Forage

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Frisk 76% connected

Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky.

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Frisking 76% connected

of Frisk

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Looking 76% connected

of Look

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Predation 76% connected

The act of pillaging.

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Quest 76% connected

The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property…

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Ransacking 76% connected

of Ransack

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Rummage 76% connected

A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowag…

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Scouring 76% connected

of Scour

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Seeking 76% connected

of Seek

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Shakedown 76% connected

A temporary substitute for a bed, as one made on the floor or on chairs; -- perhaps originally from the shaking down of straw for this purpose.

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Stalk 76% connected

The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.

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Stalking 76% connected

of Stalk

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Derivationally related 6

Hunter 74% connected

One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman.

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Hunter 74% connected

One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman.

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Search 74% connected

To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.

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Search 74% connected

To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.

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Synonym 5

Hound 92% connected

A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but a…

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Hunting 92% connected

of Hunt

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Run 92% connected

of Run

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Search 92% connected

To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.

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Trace 92% connected

One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be draw…

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