hunt
Noun · VerbWordNet 3.0
Noun (8)
- Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)Synonyms: HuntHolman HuntWilliam Holman Hunt
- United States architect (1827-1895)Synonyms: HuntRichard Morris Hunt
- British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)Synonyms: HuntLeigh HuntJames Henry Leigh Hunt
- an association of huntsmen who hunt for sportSynonyms: hunt club
- an instance of searching for something“the hunt for submarines”
- the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someoneSynonyms: searchhunting
- the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or peltsSynonyms: hunting
- the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sportSynonyms: hunting
Verb (7)
- 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”Synonyms: runhunt downtrack down
- pursue or chase relentlessly“The hunters traced the deer into the woods”“the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him”Synonyms: houndtrace
- chase away, with as with force“They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood”
- yaw back and forth about a flight path“the plane's nose yawed”
- oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent“The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency”
- seek, search for“She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them”
- search (an area) for prey“The King used to hunt these forests”
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds. [1913 Webster]
Esau went to the field to hunt for venison.— Gen. xxvii. 5.[1913 Webster]
2.To seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after. [1913 Webster]
He after honor hunts, I after love.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
3.(Mach.) To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, or the like; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4.(Change Ringing) To shift up and down in order regularly. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
To hunt counter, to trace the scent backward in hunting, as a hound to go back on one's steps. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
Like a dog, he hunts in dreams.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.— Ps. cxl. 11.[1913 Webster]
3.To drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish. [1913 Webster]
4.To use or manage in the chase, as hounds. [1913 Webster]
He hunts a pack of dogs.— Addison.[1913 Webster]
5.To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country. [1913 Webster]
6.(Change Ringing) To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
1.The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search. [1913 Webster]
The hunt is up; the morn is bright and gray.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
2.The game secured in the hunt. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
3.A pack of hounds. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
4.An association of huntsmen. [1913 Webster]
5.A district of country hunted over. [1913 Webster]
Every landowner within the hunt.— London Field.[1913 Webster]