hunt

Definitions of hunt in various dictionaries:

noun - Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)

noun - United States architect (1827-1895)

noun - British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)

noun - an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport

noun - an instance of searching for something

noun - the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

noun - the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts

noun - the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

verb - pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

verb - pursue or chase relentlessly

verb - chase away, with as with force

verb - yaw back and forth about a flight path

verb - oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent

verb - seek, search for

verb - search (an area) for prey

To pursue (game) for food or sport.

To search through (an area) for prey: hunted the ridges.

To make use of (hounds, for example) in pursuing game.

To pursue intensively so as to capture or kill: hunted down the escaped convict.

To seek out; search for.

To drive out forcibly, especially by harassing; chase away: hunted the newcomers out of town.

To pursue game.

To make a search; seek.

Aerospace.

To yaw back and forth about a flight path, as if seeking a new direction or another angle of attack.

To rotate up and down or back and forth without being deflected by the pilot.

Engineering.

To oscillate about a selected value.

To swing back and forth; oscillate.

The act or sport of hunting: an enthusiast for the hunt.

A hunting expedition or outing, usually with horses and hounds.

Those taking part in such an expedition or outing.

A diligent search or pursuit: on a hunt for cheap gas.

adv - to pursue for food or sport [v -ED, -ING, -S] : HUNTABLE [ adj ], HUNTEDLY