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# hunting

noun (hunting — uncountable); verb form (-ing of hunt: hunting)

«hunting» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Hunting is chasing and killing wild animals for food, sport or to control their numbers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunting/#m1)
2. Hunting for something means looking hard for it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunting/#m2)
3. Hunting is how predators catch their prey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunting/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science, predators like lions, owls, sharks and spiders survive by hunting prey; food chains show who hunts whom; some animals hunt alone and some in packs. In history, early humans were hunter-gatherers. Many places have rules for hunting to protect animals; hunting some animals, like tigers or rhinos, is banned. In everyday life, «house hunting» or «hunting for my shoe». Phrases: «go hunting», «hunting for», «treasure hunting», «egg hunt», «hunting ground».

### Examples

- Owls go hunting at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunting/#x1)
- Lions hunt in groups called prides. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunting/#x2)
- I was hunting for my lost sock all morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunting/#x3)
- Early people survived by hunting and gathering. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunting/#x4)
- Hunting tigers is against the law. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunting/#x5)
- We went egg hunting at Easter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunting/#x6)
- The cat is hunting a mouse in the garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunting/#x7)
- My parents are house hunting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunting/#x8)
- A BOY was hunting for locusts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunting/#x9)

### Note

From the verb «hunt»: hunt, hunts, hunted, hunting. Hunting (noun) is uncountable. «Hunting for» = searching for. A person who hunts is a hunter. Do not confuse with «haunting» (ghosts).

## In Jewish tradition

In science, predators like lions, owls, sharks and spiders survive by hunting prey; food chains show who hunts whom; some animals hunt alone and some in packs. In history, early humans were hunter-gatherers. Many places have rules for hunting to protect animals; hunting some animals, like tigers or rhinos, is banned. In everyday life, «house hunting» or «hunting for my shoe». Phrases: «go hunting», «hunting for», «treasure hunting», «egg hunt», «hunting ground».

### Examples

- And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. (Torah GEN.27.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hunting/#x1)

### Note

From the verb «hunt»: hunt, hunts, hunted, hunting. Hunting (noun) is uncountable. «Hunting for» = searching for. A person who hunts is a hunter. Do not confuse with «haunting» (ghosts).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hunting» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunting/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hunting» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hunting.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «hunting» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hunting/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hunting» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/hunting.html) on Mova free.