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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HUNT, v.t.
1. To chase wild animals, particularly quadrupeds, for the purpose of catching them for food, or for the diversion of sportsmen; to pursue with hounds for taking, as game; as, to hunt stag or a hare.
2. To go in search of, for the purpose of shooting; as, to hunt wolves, bears, squirrels or partridges. This is the common use of the word in America. It includes fowling by shooting.
3. To pursue; to follow closely.
Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. Psalms 140.
4. To use, direct or mange hounds in the chase.
He hunts a pack of dogs.
To hunt out or after, to seek; to search for.
To hunt from, to pursue and drive out or away.
To hunt down, to depress; to bear down by persecution or violence.
HUNT, v.i. To follow the chase. Genesis 27.
1. To seek wild animals for game, or for killing them by shooting when noxious; with for; as, to hunt for bears or wolves; to hunt for quails, or for ducks.
2. To seek by close pursuit; to search; with for.
The adulteress will hunt for the precious life. Proverbs 6.
HUNT, n. A chase of wild animals for catching them.
1. A huntsman. [Not in use.]
2. A pack of hounds.
3. Pursuit; chase.
4. A seeking of wild animals of any kind for game; as a hunt for squirrels.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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"

Merriam Webster's

I. biographical name (James Henry) Leigh 1784-1859 English writer II. biographical name Richard Timothy 1943- British molecular biologist III. biographical name (William) Holman 1827-1910 English painter

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English huntian; akin to Old English hentan to seize Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to pursue for food or in sport <hunt buffalo> b. to manage in the search for game <hunts a pack of dogs> 2. a. to pursue with intent to capture <hunted the escapees> b. to search out ; seek 3. to drive or chase especially by harrying <members…were hunted from their homes — J. T. Adams> 4. to traverse in search of prey <hunts the woods> intransitive verb 1. to take part in a hunt 2. to attempt to find something 3. to oscillate alternately to each side (as of a neutral point) or to run alternately faster and slower — used especially of a device or machine II. noun Date: 14th century 1. the act, the practice, or an instance of hunting 2. a group of mounted hunters and their hunting dogs

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. 1 tr. (also absol.) a pursue and kill (wild animals, esp. foxes, or game), esp. on horseback and with hounds, for sport or food. b (of an animal) chase (its prey). 2 intr. (foll. by after, for) seek, search (hunting for a pen). 3 intr. a oscillate. b (of an engine etc.) run alternately too fast and too slow. 4 tr. (foll. by away etc.) drive off by pursuit. 5 tr. scour (a district) in pursuit of game. 6 tr. (as hunted adj.) (of a look etc.) expressing alarm or terror as of one being hunted. 7 tr. (foll. by down, up) move the place of (a bell) in ringing the changes. --n. 1 the practice of hunting or an instance of this. 2 a an association of people engaged in hunting with hounds. b an area where hunting takes place. 3 an oscillating motion. Phrases and idioms: hunt down pursue and capture. hunt out find by searching; track down. Etymology: OE huntian, weak grade of hentan seize

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hunt Hunt, v. i. 1. (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. 2. (Change Ringing) To shift up and down in order regularly.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hunt Hunt, v. t. (Change Ringing) To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hunt Hunt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hunting.] [AS. huntian to hunt; cf. hentan to follow, pursue, Goth. hin?an (in comp.) to seize. [root]36. Cf. Hent.] 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. Like a dog, he hunts in dreams. --Tennyson. 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. Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. --Ps. cxl. 11. 3. To drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish. 4. To use or manage in the chase, as hounds. He hunts a pack of dogs. --Addison. 5. To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hunt Hunt, v. i. 1. To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds. Esau went to the field to hunt for venison. --Gen. xxvii. 5. 2. To seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after. He after honor hunts, I after love. --Shak. To hunt counter, to trace the scent backward in hunting, as a hound to go back on one's steps. [Obs.] --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hunt Hunt, n. 1. The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search. The hunt is up; the morn is bright and gray. --Shak. 2. The game secured in the hunt. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. A pack of hounds. [Obs.] 4. An association of huntsmen. 5. A district of country hunted over. Every landowner within the hunt. --London Field.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(hunts, hunting, hunted) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you hunt for something or someone, you try to find them by searching carefully or thoroughly. A forensic team was hunting for clues... = search VERB: V for n • Hunt is also a noun. The couple had helped in the hunt for the toddlers. = search N-COUNT 2. If you hunt a criminal or an enemy, you search for them in order to catch or harm them. Detectives have been hunting him for seven months... VERB: V n, also V for n • Hunt is also a noun. Despite a nationwide hunt for the kidnap gang, not a trace of them was found. N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N for n 3. When people or animals hunt, they chase and kill wild animals for food or as a sport. As a child I learned to hunt and fish... He got up at four and set out on foot to hunt black grouse. VERB: V, V n, also V for n • Hunt is also a noun. He set off for a nineteen-day moose hunt in Nova Scotia. N-COUNT: oft n N 4. In Britain, when people hunt, they ride horses over fields with dogs called hounds and try to catch and kill foxes, as a sport. She liked to hunt as often as she could. VERB: V, also V n • Hunt is also a noun. The hunt was held on land owned by the Duke of Marlborough. N-COUNT 5. In Britain, a hunt is a group of people who meet regularly to hunt foxes. N-COUNT 6. If a team or competitor is in the hunt for something, they still have a chance of winning it. We're still in the hunt for the League title and we want to go all the way in the Cup. PHRASE: usu v-link PHR for 7. see also hunting, witch-hunt

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Chase, pursue. II. v. n. 1. Follow the chase. 2. Search, seek, look. III. n. Chase, pursuit, hunting, field-sport.

Moby Thesaurus

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