hunting

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
  2. noun the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
  3. noun the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts

Etymology

From Middle English hunting, from Old English huntung, equivalent to hunt + -ing.

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Synonyms

hunt

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