Hunt
[hʌnt]
Definition
(noun.) the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport.
(noun.) the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts.
(noun.) an instance of searching for something; 'the hunt for submarines'.
(noun.) an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport.
(noun.) British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859).
(noun.) United States architect (1827-1895).
(noun.) Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910).
(verb.) 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'.
(verb.) search (an area) for prey; 'The King used to hunt these forests'.
(verb.) seek, search for; 'She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them'.
(verb.) oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent; 'The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency'.
(verb.) yaw back and forth about a flight path; 'the plane's nose yawed'.
(verb.) chase away, with as with force; 'They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood'.
Edited by Debra--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.
(v. t.) To use or manage in the chase, as hounds.
(v. t.) To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country.
(v. i.) To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds.
(v. i.) To seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after.
(n.) The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search.
(n.) The game secured in the hunt.
(n.) A pack of hounds.
(n.) An association of huntsmen.
(n.) A district of country hunted over.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Chase, pursue.
v. n. [1]. Follow the chase.[2]. Search, seek, look.
n. Chase, pursuit, hunting, field-sport.
Editor: Maynard
Definition
v.t. to chase wild animals for prey or sport: to chase such over a country: to search for: to pursue.—v.i. to go out in pursuit of game: to search.—n. a chase of wild animals: search: a pack of hunting hounds: an association of huntsmen.—ns. Hunt′-count′er a dog that runs back or counter on the scent a worthless dog—hence (Shak.) a blunderer and v.t. to retrace one's steps; Hunt′er (fem. Hunt′ress) one who hunts: a horse used in the chase: a watch whose face is protected like the reverse with a metal case; Half′-hunt′er such a watch where that metal case has a small circle of glass let in so that one can see the time without opening it; Hunt′ing the pursuit of wild game the chase; Hunt′ing-box Hunt′ing-lodge Hunt′ing-seat a temporary residence for hunting; Hunt′ing-cap a form of cap much worn in the hunting-field; Hunt′ing-cog an extra cog in one of two geared wheels by means of which the order of contact of cogs is changed at every revolution; Hunt′ing-crop -whip a short whip with a crooked handle and a loop of leather at the end used in the hunting-field; Hunt′ing-ground a place or region for hunting; Hunting-horn a horn used in hunting a bugle; Hunt′ing-knife -sword a knife or short sword used to despatch the game when caught or to skin and cut it up; Hunt′ing-song a song about hunting; Hunt′ing-tide the season of hunting; Hunts′man one who hunts: a servant who manages the hounds during the chase; Hunts′manship the qualifications of a huntsman; Hunt's-up (Shak.) a tune or song intended to arouse huntsmen in the morning—hence anything calculated to arouse.—Hunt down to destroy by persecution or violence; Hunt out up after to search for seek; Hunt-the-gowk to make an April fool (see April); Hunt-the-slipper an old-fashioned game in which one in the middle of a ring tries to catch a shoe which those forming the ring upon the ground shove about under their hams from one to another.—Happy hunting-grounds the paradise of the Red Indian; Mrs Leo Hunter of 'The Den Eatanswill ' a social lion-hunter in the Pickwick Papers whose husband hunts up all the newest celebrities to grace her breakfast parties.
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Examples
- But there was a systematic hunt for the copies of Holy Writ, and in many places a systematic destruction of Christian churches. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Hunt me a pair of socks, Maria. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- HUNT, commanding Artillery. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Hunt as he might, no sign could he find anywhere of the footsteps walking FROM them. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Young Pitt not only did not hunt, but set up a meeting house under his uncle's very nose. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He had his top-boots in his room, in which he used to hunt in the holidays. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I was not the sort of woman whom it was quite safe to hunt into a corner--he knew that, and wisely quieted me with proposals for the future. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Those have other work than hunting guerillas. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But now, at hunting and hawking, and each idle sport of wood and river, who so prompt as the Templars in all these fond vanities? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The men and women in the Cave Colony suddenly found that one bright-eyed young fellow, with a little straighter forehead than the others, was beating them all at hunting. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- She knew stories about every one, which she retailed to their friends at the pitch of her voice; and she was always hunting for a husband for Eunice. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He had himself picked up the loaded hunting-crop, which was his favourite weapon. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Baxter's the keeper, and when he finds strange dogs hunting about, he takes and shoots 'em. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He removed his hunting knife from its sheath and handed it to her hilt first, again motioning her into the bower. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Must he go wrong all through wi' this side, or must he go wrong all through wi' that, or else be hunted like a hare? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Rats were hunted eagerly; cowhide was gnawed and sawdust devoured to stay the pangs of hunger. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To be hunted and to die. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Hunted, she flies. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You hunt as much as you are hunted, Anselmo said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Holmes hunted about among the grass and leaves like a retriever after a wounded bird. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Only last night we had news that the couple had been hunted down in Liverpool, and they prove to have no connection whatever with the matter in hand. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Unlike most other spiders, it hunts its game without the aid of webs or snares. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There would be little pleasure in hunting, retorted the first speaker, if one is afraid of the thing he hunts. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Well then; I guess that Mr. Willoughby hunts. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
Editor: Solomon