hunt

(noun) Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910). Synonyms: Hunt, Holman Hunt, William Holman Hunt.

(noun) United States architect (1827-1895). Synonyms: Hunt, Richard Morris Hunt.

(noun) British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859). Synonyms: Hunt, Leigh Hunt, James Henry Leigh Hunt.

(noun) an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport. Synonyms: hunt club.

(noun) an instance of searching for something. Examples: "The hunt for submarines."

(noun) the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone. Synonyms: search, hunting.

(noun) the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts. Synonyms: hunting.

(noun) the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport. Synonyms: hunting.

(verb) pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals). Synonyms: run, hunt down, track down. Examples: "Goering often hunted wild boars in poland." "The dogs are running deer." "The duke hunted in these woods."

(verb) pursue or chase relentlessly. Synonyms: hound, trace. Examples: "The hunters traced the deer into the woods." "The detectives hounded the suspect until they found him."

(verb) chase away, with as with force. Examples: "They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood."

(verb) yaw back and forth about a flight path. Examples: "The plane's nose yawed."

(verb) oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent. Examples: "The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency."

(verb) seek, search for. Examples: "She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them."

(verb) search (an area) for prey. Examples: "The king used to hunt these forests."