{
    "term": "hunt",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "hunt",
            "heSheIt": "hunts"
        },
        "pastSimple": "hunted",
        "pastParticiple": "hunted",
        "ingForm": "hunting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to go after wild animals in order to catch or kill them for food, sport or to make money",
            "sensetop": "hunt somethinghunt for somethinghunt something for something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Lions sometimes hunt alone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Whales are still being hunted and killed in the Arctic.",
                    "contextForm": "hunt something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cavemen had to hunt for their food.",
                    "contextForm": "hunt for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They watched the bald eagles hunting for fish."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The animals are hunted for their fur.",
                    "contextForm": "hunt something for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Turtles are illegally hunted for their eggs, meat and shells."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Porpoises were still being actively hunted in Greenland."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The animals come out at night to hunt for mice and other small animals."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The whales were heavily hunted by British commercial whalers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is now illegal to hunt otters."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: other sports"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to look for something that is difficult to find",
            "sensetop": "hunt for something+ adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She is still hunting for a new job.",
                    "contextForm": "hunt for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've hunted everywhere but I can't find it.",
                    "contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "After spending half an hour hunting through the boxes, he had still found nothing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "desperately hunting for a new job"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I spent an hour hunting for all the documents."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was hunting through her bag for her keys."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "search"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to look for somebody in order to catch them or harm them",
            "sensetop": "hunt somebodyhunt for somebody",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Police are hunting an escaped criminal.",
                    "contextForm": "hunt somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Detectives are hunting for thieves who broke into a warehouse yesterday.",
                    "contextForm": "hunt for somebody"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "(in the UK) to go after and kill foxes as a sport, riding horses and using dogs. Fox hunting with dogs has been illegal in England and Wales since 2005, but people still ride out with dogs following a scent trail, without an actual fox.",
            "sensetop": "hunt (something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They hunt when they stay with friends in Ireland."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/hʌnt/",
                "audio": "hu/hunt/hunt__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/hʌnts/",
                "audio": "hu/hunt/hunts__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhʌntɪd/",
                "audio": "hu/hunt/hunted__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhʌntɪŋ/",
                "audio": "hu/hunt/hunting__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/hʌnt/",
                "audio": "hu/hunt/hunt__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/hʌnts/",
                "audio": "hu/hunt/hunts__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhʌntɪd/",
                "audio": "hu/hunt/hunted__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhʌntɪŋ/",
                "audio": "hu/hunt/hunting__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English huntian, of Germanic origin."
}