hunted
huhn tuhd
- 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
- 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
- v seek, search for
She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them - v search (an area) for prey
- s reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted
the hopeless hunted look on the prisoner's face
a glitter of apprehension in her hunted eyes
- Thus the rhino has been hunted almost to extinction.
- At the time of his death, only humans, who had adapted their hunting techniques to the open plains of Africa, had developed projectile weapons; Neanderthals, who hunted in the .
- While cute and often anthropomorphized, dolphins, unlike some whale populations hunted by Japanese fishermen, are not endangered.