Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to hunt down sb
Participle: hunted down sb
Gerund: hunting down sb
Indicative
Present
| I | hunt down sb |
| you | hunt down sb |
| he;she;it | hunts down sb |
| we | hunt down sb |
| you | hunt down sb |
| they | hunt down sb |
Perfect
| I | have hunted down sb |
| you | have hunted down sb |
| he;she;it | has hunted down sb |
| we | have hunted down sb |
| you | have hunted down sb |
| they | have hunted down sb |
Past
| I | hunted down sb |
| you | hunted down sb |
| he;she;it | hunted down sb |
| we | hunted down sb |
| you | hunted down sb |
| they | hunted down sb |
Pluperfect
| I | had hunted down sb |
| you | had hunted down sb |
| he;she;it | had hunted down sb |
| we | had hunted down sb |
| you | had hunted down sb |
| they | had hunted down sb |
Future
| I | will hunt down sb |
| you | will hunt down sb |
| he;she;it | will hunt down sb |
| we | will hunt down sb |
| you | will hunt down sb |
| they | will hunt down sb |
Future Perfect
| I | will have hunted down sb |
| you | will have hunted down sb |
| he;she;it | will have hunted down sb |
| we | will have hunted down sb |
| you | will have hunted down sb |
| they | will have hunted down sb |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | hunt down sb |
| you | hunt down sb |
| he;she;it | hunt down sb |
| we | hunt down sb |
| you | hunt down sb |
| they | hunt down sb |
Perfect
| I | have hunted down sb |
| you | have hunted down sb |
| he;she;it | have hunted down sb |
| we | have hunted down sb |
| you | have hunted down sb |
| they | have hunted down sb |
Imperfect
| I | hunted down sb |
| you | hunted down sb |
| he;she;it | hunted down sb |
| we | hunted down sb |
| you | hunted down sb |
| they | hunted down sb |
Pluperfect
| I | had hunted down sb |
| you | had hunted down sb |
| he;she;it | had hunted down sb |
| we | had hunted down sb |
| you | had hunted down sb |
| they | had hunted down sb |
Conditional
Present
| I | would hunt down sb |
| you | would hunt down sb |
| he;she;it | would hunt down sb |
| we | would hunt down sb |
| you | would hunt down sb |
| they | would hunt down sb |
Perfect
| I | would have hunted down sb |
| you | would have hunted down sb |
| he;she;it | would have hunted down sb |
| we | would have hunted down sb |
| you | would have hunted down sb |
| they | would have hunted down sb |
Imperative
| you | hunt down sb |
| we | Let's hunt down sb |
| you | hunt down sb |
Verbs conjugated like 'hunt'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'hunt'
bunt,
dunt,
haunt,
hent,
hint,
hurt,
hut,
lunt,
munt,
punt,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- pursue
- stalk, track, trail, chase, hound, poach, course, snare
- seek
- investigate, trace, inquire, probe, scour
Additional Information
Etymology
1. O.E.
huntian "chase game," related to
hentan "to seize," from P.Gmc.
*khuntojan (cf. Goth.
hinþan "to seize, capture," O.H.G.
hunda "booty"), from PIE
*kend-. General sense of "search diligently" (for anything) is first recorded c.1200. The noun meaning "body of persons associated for the purpose of hunting with a pack of hounds" is first recorded 1579.
Happy hunting-grounds "Native American afterlife paradise" is from "Last of the Mohicans" (1826).
2. From Middle English hunten, from Old English huntian (“to hunt”), from Proto-West Germanic *huntōn (“to hunt, capture”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent- (“to catch, seize”). Related to Old High German hunda (“booty”), Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (hunþs, “body of captives”), Old English hūþ (“plunder, booty, prey”), Old English hentan (“to catch, seize”). More at hent, hint.
3. In some areas read as a collective form of hound by folk etymology. See: Middle English '
hunten', Old English '
huntian', Old English '
hentan'.
Verbs referencing "hunt"
Sranan
onti.
Sample Sentences
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The senator, in a few words, briefly explained Eliza's history. “ O ! ou ! aw ! now, I want to know ? ” said the good man, pitifully; “ sho ! now sho ! That's natur now, poor crittur ! hunted down now like a deer,—hunted down, jest for havin ’ natural feelin 's, and doin ’ what no kind o ’ mother could help a doin ’ ! I tell ye what, these yer things make me come the nighest to swearin [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] that, if I caught him, I should have him to experiment on. So they mustered out a party of some six or seven, with guns and dogs, for the hunt. People, you know, can get up as much enthusiasm in hunting a man as a deer, if it is only customary; in fact, I got a little excited myself, though I had only put in as a sort of mediator, in case he was caught.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Miss Ophelia, who, after some rummaging, had hunted up a small Methodist meeting within riding distance, had gone out, with Tom as driver, to attend it; and Eva had accompanied them.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] beast or bird but can find a home some where; even the snakes and the alligators have their places to lie down and be quiet; but there's no place for us. Down in the darkest swamps, their dogs will hunt us out, and find us. Everybody and everything is against us; even the very beasts side against us,—and where shall we go ? ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] of those old overseers on the other plantations, and have a great hunt; and they'll go over every inch of ground in that swamp. He makes it his boast that nobody ever got away from him. So let him hunt at his leisure. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)