Definition for Hunting:

• mentioned first in Genesis 10:9 in connection with Nimrod. Esau was " a cunning hunter" ( Genesis 25:27 ). Hunting was practised by the Hebrews after their settlement in the " Land of Promise" ( Leviticus 17:15 ; Proverbs 12:27 ). The lion and other ravenous beasts were found in Palestine ( 1 Samuel 17:34 ; 2 Sam 23:20 ; 1 Kings 13:24 ; Ezekiel 19:3-8 ), and it must have been necessary to hunt and destroy them. Various snares and gins were used in hunting ( Psalms 91:3 ; Amos 3:5 ; 2 Sam 23:20 ). War is referred to under the idea of hunting ( Jeremiah 16:16 ; Ezekiel 32:30 ).

Synonyms for Hunting:

• adj.

  •following (adjective)
  • trailing.
  •predatory (adjective)
  • raptorial,
  • predative,
  • vulturous,
  • wolfish,
  • ravening,
  • vulturine,
  • thieving,
  • Depredatory,
  • Preying,
  • predacious.
  •trailing (adjective)
  • most tracking,
  • more tracking.

• n.

  •
  • big game,
  • bait,
  • blood sports,
  • bag,
  • capture,
  • angling,
  • cast,
  • bite.
  •
  • prowl,
  • rummage,
  • trawl.
  •act (noun)
  • hunting.
  •chase (noun)
  • veneries.
  •hunt (noun)
  • inter-rogations,
  • looksee,
  • pursuings,
  • inter rogation,
  • in quest,
  • friskings,
  • re search,
  • houndings,
  • trailings,
  • look sees,
  • in quests,
  • pryings,
  • in-quests,
  • inter-rogation,
  • snoopings,
  • re searches,
  • in-quest,
  • looksees,
  • pursuances,
  • coursings,
  • look-sees,
  • sportings,
  • inter rogations.
  •hunting (noun)
  • search.
  •pursuit (noun)
  • pursuits,
  • chase,
  • Pursual,
  • trackings,
  • reachings,
  • going all out.
  •shooting (noun)
  • pursuit of game animal,
  • pursuit game animal,
  • target shootings,
  • pursuit game animals.
  •the chase (noun)
  • hawking,
  • big-game hunting,
  • fishery,
  • venatics,
  • Fowling,
  • sporting,
  • coursing,
  • Halieutics,
  • fishing,
  • trapping,
  • falconry,
  • the hunt.

• v.

  •pursuing (verb)
  • striving,
  • stalking,
  • searching,
  • aspiring,
  • Chasing,
  • Endeavoring,
  • Harrying,
  • following,
  • Intending,
  • tracking,
  • sleuthing,
  • undertaking,
  • tailing,
  • questing,
  • Aiming,
  • dogging.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • wasp,
  • wild-goose chase,
  • witch-hunt.
  •
  • scouting,
  • quest.
  •
  • shakedown.
  •
  • look.
  •
  • sweep.
  •arachnid
  • spider.
  •blade
  • knife.

Paraphrases for Hunting:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    hunt, hunts.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    hunt, hunts.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    manhunting.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    seasons.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    praises, trapping, Flushing.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    catching, Prosecuting, Apprehending, Negotiating, Detaining, Exploring, following, Removing, researching, detecting, poaching, Displacing, wanting, Examining, arresting, studying, Considering, Discussing, sporting, stalking, driving, sweeping, looking, firing, kicking, Whaling, trapping.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    fighter, fighters, hunter, hunters.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Whaling, fighter, hunter.

Hunting Sentence Examples:

• Scouwa had to do all the hunting for himself, the old man, and the boy.

• There's hunting enough around here to be sure, but then you never ask any ladies to Rodeck, and the ladies - Are a great bore, interrupted the prince.

Hypernym for Hunting:

• n.

  • act
    duck hunting, deer hunting, coursing, battue, stalk, stalking, canned hunt, birdnesting, fox hunting, foxhunt, deer hunt, pigsticking, ducking, still hunt, predation, beagling.

Hyponym for Hunting:

• n.

  • act
    labour, field sport, labor, blood sport, toil, outdoor sport.