'Hunted' definitions:
Definition of 'hunted'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted; "the hopeless hunted look on the prisoner's face"; "a glitter of apprehension in her hunted eyes"
Definition of 'Hunted'
From: GCIDE
- Hunt \Hunt\ (h[u^]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hunting.] [AS. huntian to hunt; cf. hentan to follow, pursue, Goth. hin?an (in comp.) to seize. [root]36. Cf. Hent.]
- 1. To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer. [1913 Webster]
- Like a dog, he hunts in dreams. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow; -- often with out or up; as, to hunt up the facts; to hunt out evidence. [1913 Webster]
- Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. --Ps. cxl. 11. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To use or manage in the chase, as hounds. [1913 Webster]
- He hunts a pack of dogs. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Change Ringing) To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Words containing 'Hunted'
- Hunt,
- Hunte,
- Hunting,
- hunt down,
- Fort Hunt,
- Hunt County,
- Hunt's-up,
- Hunt, TX,
- Hunting Valley,
- Hunting box,
- Hunting cat,
- Hunting cog,
- Hunting dog,
- Hunting ground,
- Hunting horn,
- Hunting leopard,
- Hunting lodge,
- Hunting seat,
- Hunting shirt,
- Hunting spider,
- Hunting watch,
- Hunts Point,
- Scavenger hunt,
- Slave hunt,
- To hunt counter,
- canned hunt,
- deer hunt,
- deer hunting,
- duck hunting,
- fox hunting,
- holman hunt,
- hunt club,
- hunted person,
- hunting crop,
- hunting expedition,
- hunting guide,
- hunting knife,
- hunting licence,
- hunting license,
- hunting permit,
- hunting season,
- leigh hunt,
- snipe hunt,
- still hunt,
- treasure hunt,
- witch hunt,
- Fort Hunt, VA,
- Fox-hunting,
- Happy hunting grounds,
- Head-hunting,
- Hunt County, TX,
- Hunt-counter,
- Hunting Valley, OH,
- Hunts Point, WA,
- Still-hunt,
- Still-hunting,
- african hunting dog,
- cape hunting dog,
- helen hunt jackson,
- hunting and gathering society,
- hunting and gathering tribe,
- ramsay hunt syndrome,
- richard morris hunt,
- target-hunting,
- thomas hunt morgan,
- william holman hunt,
- witch-hunt,
- james henry leigh hunt,
- helen maria fiske hunt jackson