- hunting
- (Roget's IV)
modif.
Syn. looking for, looking around, seeking, in search of; see searching 2 .n.Syn. the chase, the hunt, sporting, shooting, coursing, venery, stalking, falconry, trapping, big-game hunting, deer hunting, boar hunting, fox hunting, pheasant shooting, fowling, field, chevy (British), chivy (British), angling, pursuit, falconry, fishing, hawking, still hunt, venatics, fishery, steeplechase, fox hunting, riding to hounds, piscation, gunning, halieutics, beagling*; see also hunt , sport 3 .
English dictionary for students. 2013.