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Hunting

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Broader term 4

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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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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Toil 76% connected

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

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Narrower term 18

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

Hunt 74% connected

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 s…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Hunt 74% connected

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 s…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Look 74% 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; --…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Look 74% 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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Seek 74% connected

Sick.

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Seek 74% connected

Sick.

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Synonym 2

Hunt 92% connected

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 s…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Search 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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