hungriness
- n a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
- n prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
- n strong desire for something (not food or drink)
hunk
- n a well-built sexually attractive man
- n a large piece of something without definite shape
a hunk of bread
hunkpapa
- n a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly lived in the western Dakotas; they were prominent in resisting the white encroachment into the northern Great Plains
- n a Siouan language spoken by the Hunkpapa
hunnemania fumariifolia
- n native of Mexican highlands grown for its glossy clear yellow flowers and blue-grey finely dissected foliage
hunt
- n Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
- n United States architect (1827-1895)
- n British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)
- n an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
- n an instance of searching for something
the hunt for submarines - n the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
- n the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
- n the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
- v pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland
The Duke hunted in these woods - v pursue or chase relentlessly
The hunters traced the deer into the woods - v chase away, with as with force
They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood - v yaw back and forth about a flight path
- v oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent
The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency - v seek, search for
She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them - v search (an area) for prey
The King used to hunt these forests
hunter
- n someone who hunts game
- n a person who searches for something
a treasure hunter - n a constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel
- n a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal
hunter's chicken
- n chicken casserole prepared with tomatoes and mushrooms and herbs in the Italian style
hunter's sauce
- n brown sauce and tomato puree with onions and mushrooms and dry white wine
hunting
- n the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
- n the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
- n the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
- v pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
- v pursue or chase relentlessly
- v chase away, with as with force
- v yaw back and forth about a flight path
- v oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent
- v seek, search for
- v search (an area) for prey
hunting and gathering society
- n group that supports itself by hunting and fishing and by gathering wild fruits and vegetables; usually nomadic