hunts

Noun

hunt (plural hunts)

1. The act of hunting.
   • Through male bonding, the subculture of the hunt caught up in the mystique of the chase, the hunting party became a military force, and men discovered that they need not stop at defense: they could go out to hunt for other people's wealth.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 134
2. A hunting expedition.
3. An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.
4. (collective) A pack of hunting dogs.
   • the rim at the base has a hunt of dogs and stags on a running scroll1878, Ancient and Modern Gold and Silver Smiths' Work in the South Kensington Museum, Chapman and Hall, page 271

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