form a queue, form a line, stand in line; "Customers lined up in front of the store"
get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"
the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected"
descent with a parachute; "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army"
(film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance"
increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped overnight"
bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"
enter eagerly into; "He jumped into the game"
make a sudden physical attack on; "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat"
move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"
jump down from an elevated point; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre"
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
an instance of searching for something; "the hunt for submarines"
an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
British writer who defended the romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)
United States architect (1827-1895)
Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"
search (an area) for prey; "The King used to hunt these forests"
seek, search for; "She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them"
oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent; "The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency"
yaw back and forth about a flight path; "the plane's nose yawed"
chase away, with as with force; "They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood"
a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally); "the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence"
observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country"
a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"; "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods"
being or affecting or concerned with a surface; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually; "superficial similarities"; "a superficial mind"; "his thinking was superficial and fuzzy"; "superficial knowledge"; "the superficial report didn't give the true picture"; "only superficial differences"
of little substance or significance; "a few superficial editorial changes"; "only trivial objections"
relating to a surface; "superficial measurements"; "the superficial area of the wall"
(law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; "his hearing was impaired"
a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken; "the investigative committee will hold hearings in Chicago"
an opportunity to state your case and be heard; "they condemned him without a hearing"; "he saw that he had lost his audience"