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prefix
noun
- An oscillator.
- A vibrating reed for transmitting or receiving pulsating currents in a harmonic telegraph system.
- An attachment, usually pneumatic, in a moulding machine to shake the pattern loose.
- (historical) A device designed to electromechanically interrupt current flowing to the step-up transformer which was used to generate the high tension positive supply in old battery-operated (automotive) valve radios.
- A trembler, as of an electric bell.
- A vibrating device used for massage or sexual stimulation.
- A device for vibrating the pen of a siphon recorder to diminish frictional resistance on the paper.
- A vibrating reed in a musical instrument, especially a reed organ.
- An ink-distributing roller in a printing machine, having an additional vibratory motion.
- (weaving) Any of various vibrating devices, such as one for slackening the warp as a shed opens.
- a mechanical device that vibrates
- mechanical device that produces vibratory motion; used for massage
adj
noun
verb
noun
- (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value
- (electronics) A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal.
- a small wave on the surface of a liquid
- A style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together.
- One of a series of corrugations in flat surface.
- (dialectal, historical) thripple, cart ladder (extension for cart or wagon)
- A sound similar to that of undulating water.
- (textiles) An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
- (figurative) A small spreading change, impact, or effect produced by a larger or more consequential action.
- A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.
verb
- flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
- stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- (intransitive) To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.
- (transitive) To shape into a series of ripples.
- To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
- (intransitive) To propagate like a moving wave.
- (transitive) To scratch, tear, or break slightly; graze
- (transitive) To launch or unleash in rapid succession.
- (intransitive) To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
noun
- a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
- the sound of stroke or blow
- a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
- the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
- (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- a regular rate of repetition
- a stroke or blow
- the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
- (music) The rhythm signalled by a conductor or other musician to the members of a group of musicians.
- (slang) A makeup look; compare beat one's face.
- The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.
- A rhythm.
- A pulsation or throb.
- (journalism) The primary focus of a reporter's stories (such as police/courts, education, city government, business etc.).
- (authorship) A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect.
- (music) A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.
- The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency
- (hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
- A stroke; a blow.
- (fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
- The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.
- A beatnik.
adj
verb
- move rhythmically
- move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
- strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
- make a rhythmic sound
- move with a thrashing motion
- produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
- wear out completely
- stir vigorously
- avoid paying
- hit repeatedly
- be superior
- make a sound like a clock or a timer
- shape by beating
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
- glare or strike with great intensity
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- make by pounding or trampling
- sail with much tacking or with difficulty
- strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
- give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
- beat through cleverness and wit
- move with a flapping motion
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- To make a sound when struck.
- To be in agitation or doubt.
- To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
- simple past tense of beat
- (military, intransitive) To make a succession of strokes on a drum.
- (intransitive, MLE, MTE, slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, slang) To rob; to cheat or scam.
- (transitive) To arrive at a place before someone.
- (intransitive) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
- (intransitive) To move with pulsation or throbbing.
- (transitive) To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
- (especially colloquial) past participle of beat
- To tread, as a path.
- To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
- To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and lesser intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations not perfectly in unison.
- (transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.
- (transitive) To indicate by beating or drumming.
- (transitive) To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.
- (transitive) To hit; to strike.
- (transitive, UK, in haggling for a price of a buyer) To persuade the seller to reduce a price.
verb
- reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)
- check; keep in check (a fire)
- suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity
- make moist
- deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
- lessen in force or effect
- (transitive) To lessen; to dull; to make less intense (said of emotions and non-physical things).
- (transitive) To make damp or moist; to make moderately wet.
- (transitive, proscribed) To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy).
- (intransitive) To become damped or deadened.
- (intransitive) To become damp or moist.
verb
- (mathematics) To set up or propagate (a signal), such as an oscillation.
- (chemistry) To suspend (small particles) in the current of a fluid.
- (transitive) To put aboard a railway train.
- (now literary and rare) To draw, induce, or bring about.
- (poetic, intransitive) To get into or board a railway train.
- To draw (something) along as a current does.
- (neurobiology) To become trained or conditioned in (a pattern of brain behavior).
- (figuratively) To conjoin, to link; as in a series of entities, elements, objects or processes.
- board a train
noun
- (physics) The increase in the amplitude of an oscillation of a system under the influence of a periodic force whose frequency is close to that of the system's natural frequency.
- (sociology) A quality of human relationship with the world.
- (figuratively) Something that evokes an association, or a strong emotion; something that strikes a chord.
- (medicine) The sound produced by a hollow body part such as the chest cavity upon auscultation, especially that produced while the patient is speaking.
- (countable) A resonant sound, echo, or reverberation, such as that produced by blowing over the top of a bottle.
- (chemistry) The property of a compound that can be visualized as having two structures differing only in the distribution of electrons.
- (uncountable) The quality of being resonant.
- (electronics) The condition where the inductive and capacitive reactances have equal magnitude.
- An increase in the strength or duration of a musical tone produced by sympathetic vibration.
- (astronomy) An influence of the gravitational forces of one orbiting object on the orbit of another, causing periodic perturbations.
- (nuclear physics) A short-lived subatomic particle or state of atomic excitation that results from the collision of atomic particles.
- a vibration of large amplitude produced by a relatively small vibration near the same frequency of vibration as the natural frequency of the resonating system
- an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation
- the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities
- having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
- a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people
noun
- A device that decreases the oscillations of a system.
- a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations
- A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air.
- (countable, uncountable, chiefly New Zealand, Australia) Bread made from a basic recipe of flour, water, milk, and salt, but without yeast.
- (mechanical engineering) A shock absorber.
- Something that kills the mood.
- A contrivance (sordine), as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.
- a depressing restraint
- a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace
adj
noun
- (engineering) Fluctuation or oscillation that does not stabilize.
- The act of finding and killing a wild animal, either for sport or with the intention of using its parts to make food, clothes, etc.
- The act of looking for something, especially for a job or flat.
- (telephony) The process of determining which of a group of telephone lines will receive a call.
- the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
- the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
- the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
verb
noun
- The electronic oscillator that generates the carrier signal for a transmitter.
- An audio signal processing technique used to enhance a signal by dynamic equalization, phase manipulation, harmonic synthesis of (usually) high frequency signals, and through the addition of subtle harmonic distortion.
- One who or that which excites.
noun
- a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations
- a scarf worn around the neck
- a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise
- (US, automotive) A part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise the engine produces.
- An accessory for a firearm that lessens the noise at the muzzle.
- (World War I military slang, rare) A gas mask.
- A type of scarf.
noun
- the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated
- a single such cycle
- a regular periodic fluctuation in value about some mean
- (mathematics) (of a function) defined for each point x in the domain of the function by inf diam(f(U))∣Uisaneighborhoodofx, and describes the difference (possibly ∞) between the limit superior and limit inferior of the function near that point.
- (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean
- the process of oscillating between states
- a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon
noun
- (electronics) An electronic circuit that generates an electronic signal oscillation with accurate timing from a reference oscillator.
- (music) An electronic instrument consisting of a module, or a set of modules, that creates its sounds with electronics and does not have any keyboard.
- (software) A software program that allows a computer to be used as a musical instrument – virtual instrument
- (electronics) An electronic device that generates electronic signal patterns to test an electronic circuit.
- (music) An electronic musical instrument that creates its sounds with electronics and generally is played via a keyboard.
- an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods
- (music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments
noun
- an electrical circuit that combines capacitance and inductance in such a way that a periodic electric oscillation will reach maximum amplitude
- a hollow chamber whose dimensions allow the resonant oscillation of electromagnetic or acoustic waves
- any system that resonates
- Any object or system that resonates
- A type of musical instrument, especially a guitar, that uses spun metal resonator cones to enhance the sound.
- A resonant electronic circuit
- A hollow cavity whose dimensions are selected so as to resonate at a specific frequency
verb
- oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent
- pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
- yaw back and forth about a flight path
- pursue or chase relentlessly
- chase away, with as with force
- search (an area) for prey
- seek, search for
- (engineering, intransitive) To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, etc.; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel.
- (transitive) To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting.
- (ambitransitive) To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
- (bell-ringing, transitive) To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.
- (ambitransitive) To try to find something; search (for).
- (transitive) To use or traverse in pursuit of game.
- (transitive) To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.
- (bell-ringing, intransitive) To shift up and down in order regularly.
noun
- an instance of searching for something
- the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
- the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
- an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
- the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
- An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.
- A hunting expedition.
- The act of hunting.
- A pack of hunting dogs.
noun
- An oscillator.
- A vibrating reed for transmitting or receiving pulsating currents in a harmonic telegraph system.
- An attachment, usually pneumatic, in a moulding machine to shake the pattern loose.
- (historical) A device designed to electromechanically interrupt current flowing to the step-up transformer which was used to generate the high tension positive supply in old battery-operated (automotive) valve radios.
- A trembler, as of an electric bell.
- A vibrating device used for massage or sexual stimulation.
- A device for vibrating the pen of a siphon recorder to diminish frictional resistance on the paper.
- A vibrating reed in a musical instrument, especially a reed organ.
- An ink-distributing roller in a printing machine, having an additional vibratory motion.
- (weaving) Any of various vibrating devices, such as one for slackening the warp as a shed opens.
- a mechanical device that vibrates
- mechanical device that produces vibratory motion; used for massage
noun
- (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value
- (electronics) A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal.
- a small wave on the surface of a liquid
- A style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together.
- One of a series of corrugations in flat surface.
- (dialectal, historical) thripple, cart ladder (extension for cart or wagon)
- A sound similar to that of undulating water.
- (textiles) An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
- (figurative) A small spreading change, impact, or effect produced by a larger or more consequential action.
- A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.
verb
- flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
- stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- (intransitive) To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.
- (transitive) To shape into a series of ripples.
- To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
- (intransitive) To propagate like a moving wave.
- (transitive) To scratch, tear, or break slightly; graze
- (transitive) To launch or unleash in rapid succession.
- (intransitive) To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
noun
- a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
- the sound of stroke or blow
- a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
- the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
- (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- a regular rate of repetition
- a stroke or blow
- the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
- (music) The rhythm signalled by a conductor or other musician to the members of a group of musicians.
- (slang) A makeup look; compare beat one's face.
- The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.
- A rhythm.
- A pulsation or throb.
- (journalism) The primary focus of a reporter's stories (such as police/courts, education, city government, business etc.).
- (authorship) A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect.
- (music) A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.
- The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency
- (hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
- A stroke; a blow.
- (fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
- The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.
- A beatnik.
adj
verb
- move rhythmically
- move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
- strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
- make a rhythmic sound
- move with a thrashing motion
- produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
- wear out completely
- stir vigorously
- avoid paying
- hit repeatedly
- be superior
- make a sound like a clock or a timer
- shape by beating
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
- glare or strike with great intensity
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- make by pounding or trampling
- sail with much tacking or with difficulty
- strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
- give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
- beat through cleverness and wit
- move with a flapping motion
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- To make a sound when struck.
- To be in agitation or doubt.
- To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
- simple past tense of beat
- (military, intransitive) To make a succession of strokes on a drum.
- (intransitive, MLE, MTE, slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, slang) To rob; to cheat or scam.
- (transitive) To arrive at a place before someone.
- (intransitive) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
- (intransitive) To move with pulsation or throbbing.
- (transitive) To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
- (especially colloquial) past participle of beat
- To tread, as a path.
- To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
- To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and lesser intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations not perfectly in unison.
- (transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.
- (transitive) To indicate by beating or drumming.
- (transitive) To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.
- (transitive) To hit; to strike.
- (transitive, UK, in haggling for a price of a buyer) To persuade the seller to reduce a price.
adj
noun
verb
noun
- (physics) The increase in the amplitude of an oscillation of a system under the influence of a periodic force whose frequency is close to that of the system's natural frequency.
- (sociology) A quality of human relationship with the world.
- (figuratively) Something that evokes an association, or a strong emotion; something that strikes a chord.
- (medicine) The sound produced by a hollow body part such as the chest cavity upon auscultation, especially that produced while the patient is speaking.
- (countable) A resonant sound, echo, or reverberation, such as that produced by blowing over the top of a bottle.
- (chemistry) The property of a compound that can be visualized as having two structures differing only in the distribution of electrons.
- (uncountable) The quality of being resonant.
- (electronics) The condition where the inductive and capacitive reactances have equal magnitude.
- An increase in the strength or duration of a musical tone produced by sympathetic vibration.
- (astronomy) An influence of the gravitational forces of one orbiting object on the orbit of another, causing periodic perturbations.
- (nuclear physics) A short-lived subatomic particle or state of atomic excitation that results from the collision of atomic particles.
- a vibration of large amplitude produced by a relatively small vibration near the same frequency of vibration as the natural frequency of the resonating system
- an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation
- the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities
- having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
- a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people
noun
- A device that decreases the oscillations of a system.
- a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations
- A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air.
- (countable, uncountable, chiefly New Zealand, Australia) Bread made from a basic recipe of flour, water, milk, and salt, but without yeast.
- (mechanical engineering) A shock absorber.
- Something that kills the mood.
- A contrivance (sordine), as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.
- a depressing restraint
- a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace
adj
noun
- (engineering) Fluctuation or oscillation that does not stabilize.
- The act of finding and killing a wild animal, either for sport or with the intention of using its parts to make food, clothes, etc.
- The act of looking for something, especially for a job or flat.
- (telephony) The process of determining which of a group of telephone lines will receive a call.
- the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
- the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
- the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
verb
noun
- The electronic oscillator that generates the carrier signal for a transmitter.
- An audio signal processing technique used to enhance a signal by dynamic equalization, phase manipulation, harmonic synthesis of (usually) high frequency signals, and through the addition of subtle harmonic distortion.
- One who or that which excites.
noun
- a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations
- a scarf worn around the neck
- a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise
- (US, automotive) A part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise the engine produces.
- An accessory for a firearm that lessens the noise at the muzzle.
- (World War I military slang, rare) A gas mask.
- A type of scarf.
noun
- the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated
- a single such cycle
- a regular periodic fluctuation in value about some mean
- (mathematics) (of a function) defined for each point x in the domain of the function by inf diam(f(U))∣Uisaneighborhoodofx, and describes the difference (possibly ∞) between the limit superior and limit inferior of the function near that point.
- (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean
- the process of oscillating between states
- a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon
noun
- (electronics) An electronic circuit that generates an electronic signal oscillation with accurate timing from a reference oscillator.
- (music) An electronic instrument consisting of a module, or a set of modules, that creates its sounds with electronics and does not have any keyboard.
- (software) A software program that allows a computer to be used as a musical instrument – virtual instrument
- (electronics) An electronic device that generates electronic signal patterns to test an electronic circuit.
- (music) An electronic musical instrument that creates its sounds with electronics and generally is played via a keyboard.
- an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods
- (music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments
noun
- an electrical circuit that combines capacitance and inductance in such a way that a periodic electric oscillation will reach maximum amplitude
- a hollow chamber whose dimensions allow the resonant oscillation of electromagnetic or acoustic waves
- any system that resonates
- Any object or system that resonates
- A type of musical instrument, especially a guitar, that uses spun metal resonator cones to enhance the sound.
- A resonant electronic circuit
- A hollow cavity whose dimensions are selected so as to resonate at a specific frequency
verb
- reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)
- check; keep in check (a fire)
- suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity
- make moist
- deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
- lessen in force or effect
- (transitive) To lessen; to dull; to make less intense (said of emotions and non-physical things).
- (transitive) To make damp or moist; to make moderately wet.
- (transitive, proscribed) To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy).
- (intransitive) To become damped or deadened.
- (intransitive) To become damp or moist.
verb
- (mathematics) To set up or propagate (a signal), such as an oscillation.
- (chemistry) To suspend (small particles) in the current of a fluid.
- (transitive) To put aboard a railway train.
- (now literary and rare) To draw, induce, or bring about.
- (poetic, intransitive) To get into or board a railway train.
- To draw (something) along as a current does.
- (neurobiology) To become trained or conditioned in (a pattern of brain behavior).
- (figuratively) To conjoin, to link; as in a series of entities, elements, objects or processes.
- board a train
verb
- oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent
- pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
- yaw back and forth about a flight path
- pursue or chase relentlessly
- chase away, with as with force
- search (an area) for prey
- seek, search for
- (engineering, intransitive) To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, etc.; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel.
- (transitive) To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting.
- (ambitransitive) To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
- (bell-ringing, transitive) To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.
- (ambitransitive) To try to find something; search (for).
- (transitive) To use or traverse in pursuit of game.
- (transitive) To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.
- (bell-ringing, intransitive) To shift up and down in order regularly.
noun
- an instance of searching for something
- the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
- the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
- an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
- the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
- An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.
- A hunting expedition.
- The act of hunting.
- A pack of hunting dogs.