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FOXHUNT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does foxhunt mean?
• FOXHUNT (noun)
The noun FOXHUNT has 1 sense:
1. mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox
Familiarity information: FOXHUNT used as a noun is very rare.
• FOXHUNT (verb)
The verb FOXHUNT has 1 sense:
1. hunt foxes, on horseback and with dogs
Familiarity information: FOXHUNT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
fox hunting; foxhunt
Hypernyms ("foxhunt" is a kind of...):
hunt; hunting (the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport)
Derivation:
foxhunt (hunt foxes, on horseback and with dogs)
Conjugation: |
Past simple: foxhunted
Past participle: foxhunted
-ing form: foxhunting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hunt foxes, on horseback and with dogs
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "foxhunt" is one way to...):
hunt; hunt down; run; track down (pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
In the summer they like to go out and foxhunt
Derivation:
fox hunting; foxhunt (mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox)
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