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 

• FOXHUNT (noun)

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)

• FOXHUNT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they foxhunt    ... he / she / it foxhunts   
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)