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HUNTED
hunted
(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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
hunted (comparative more hunted, superlative most hunted)
Being the subject of a hunt.
(figuratively) Nervous and agitated, as if pursued.
Verb
hunted
simple past tense and past participle of hunt
Source: Wiktionary
HUNT
Hunt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hunting.] Etym: [AS. huntian to hunt; cf. hentan to follow, pursue, Goth. hin (in comp.) to seize. sq. root36. 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. Like a dog, he hunts in dreams. Tennyson.
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. Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. Ps. cxl. 11.
3. To drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.
4. To use or manage in the chase, as hounds. He hunts a pack of dogs. Addison.
5. To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country.
Hunt, v. i.
1. To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds. Esau went to the field to hunt for venison. Gen. xxvii. 5.
2. To seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after. He after honor hunts, I after love. Shak. To hunt counter, to trace the scent backward in hunting, as a hound to go back on one's steps. [Obs.] Shak.
Hunt, n.
1. The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search. The hunt is up; the morn is bright and gray. Shak.
2. The game secured in the hunt. [Obs.] Shak.
3. A pack of hounds. [Obs.]
4. An association of huntsmen.
5. A district of country hunted over. Every landowner within the hunt. London Field.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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