hunting

hunting
noun
ADJECTIVE
big-game, deer, fox (usually fox-hunting), etc.

He was killed by a lion while big-game hunting in Africa.

commercial

commercial hunting of minke whales

illegal
VERB + HUNTING
go

Local people go hunting in the woods.

We went hunting for bargains at the antique market. (figurative)

ban

Should fox-hunting be banned?

HUNTING + NOUN
knife, rifle
ground

These waters are a hunting ground for sharks.

lodge

The king built a large hunting lodge in the mountains.

trip
season
PREPOSITION
hunting of

the hunting of deer

PHRASES
happy hunting ground (figurative)

Crowded markets are a happy hunting ground for pickpockets.


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  • HUNTING — (Heb. צוד, hunt ; צַיִד, hunting, game ; צַיָּד, hunter ; מְצוֹדָה ,מָצוֹד, hunting implement, net ). Biblical Period In the earliest periods of human history, hunting was an essential means of procuring food, clothing, and tools. In biblical… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Hunting — Hunt ing, n. The pursuit of game or of wild animals. A. Smith. [1913 Webster] {Happy hunting grounds}, the region to which, according to the belief of American Indians, the souls of warriors and hunters pass after death, to be happy in hunting… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hunting —     Canons on Hunting     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Canons on Hunting     From early times, hunting, in one form or another has been forbidden to clerics. Thus, in the Corpus Juris Canonici (C. ii, X, De cleric. venat.) we read: We forbid to all… …   Catholic encyclopedia

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  • hunting — [hunt′iŋ] n. [ME < OE huntung] 1. the act of a person or animal that hunts 2. a periodic oscillation of the rotor of a synchronous electrical machine about its average position 3. a periodic oscillation in the controlled function of any… …   English World dictionary

  • Hunting — Hunter redirects here. For other uses, see Hunter (disambiguation). For other uses, see Hunting (disambiguation). Boar hunting, tacuinum sanitatis casanatensis (14th century) Hunting is the practice of pursuing any l …   Wikipedia

  • hunting — /hun ting/, n. 1. the act of a person, animal, or thing that hunts. 2. Elect. the periodic oscillating of a rotating electromechanical system about a mean space position, as in a synchronous motor. adj. 3. of, for, engaged in, or used while… …   Universalium

  • hunting —    Spain, widely regarded as the hunting reserve of Europe, has more land area devoted to hunting than any other EU country, provides more than 20,000 permanent jobs in gamekeeping alone, and employs around two million temporary workers during… …   Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture

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