Hunt - Definition

n 1: Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910) [syn:
Hunt, Holman Hunt, William Holman Hunt]
2: United States architect (1827-1895) [syn: Hunt, Richard
Morris Hunt]
3: British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and
Shelley (1784-1859) [syn: Hunt, Leigh Hunt, James Henry
Leigh Hunt]
4: an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport [syn: hunt,
hunt club]
5: an instance of searching for something; "the hunt for
submarines"
6: the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something
or someone [syn: search, hunt, hunting]
7: the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food
or pelts [syn: hunt, hunting]
8: the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded
as a sport [syn: hunt, hunting]
v 1: 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" [syn: hunt,
run, hunt down, track down]
2: pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer
into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until
they found him" [syn: hound, hunt, trace]
3: chase away, with as with force; "They hunted the unwanted
immigrants out of the neighborhood"
4: yaw back and forth about a flight path; "the plane's nose
yawed"
5: oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an
undesirable extent; "The oscillator hunts about the correct
frequency"
6: seek, search for; "She hunted for her reading glasses but was
unable to locate them"
7: search (an area) for prey; "The King used to hunt these
forests"