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Meaning of 'hunt' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Hunt [ n.]
- The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search.
- The game secured in the hunt.
- A pack of hounds.
- An association of huntsmen.
- A district of country hunted over.
2 . Hunt [ v. i.]
- To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds.
- To seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after.
3 . Hunt [ v. t.]
- 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.
- 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.
- To drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.
- To use or manage in the chase, as hounds.
- To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country.

Meaning of 'hunt' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . hunt [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an instance of searching for something
Example in sentence:
  • the hunt for submarines
2 . hunt [ v]
Meaning (2):
- pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
Example in sentence:
  • Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland;
  • The dogs are running deer;
  • The Duke hunted in these woods
Meaning (3):
- seek, search for
Example in sentence:
  • She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them
Meaning (4):
- pursue or chase relentlessly
Example in sentence:
  • the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him;
  • The hunters traced the deer into the woods
Meaning (5):
- search (an area) for prey
Example in sentence:
  • The King used to hunt these forests
Meaning (6):
- oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent
Example in sentence:
  • The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency
Meaning (7):
- yaw back and forth about a flight path
Example in sentence:
  • the plane's nose yawed
Meaning (8):
- chase away, with as with force
Example in sentence:
  • They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood

Nearby Words:

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