English verb: hunt down | |||
1. | hunt down (competition) pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) | ||
Samples | Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland. The dogs are running deer. The Duke hunted in these woods. | ||
Synonyms | hunt, run, track down | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | capture, catch | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | ambush, course, drive, drive, falcon, ferret, forage, fowl, fowl, foxhunt, hawk, jack, jacklight, poach, rabbit, scrounge, seal, snipe, still-hunt, turtle, whale | ||
Verb group | hunt, run | ||