Hunt (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 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 , hunting ]

  7. the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts

    [ Syn: hunting ]

  8. the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

    [ Syn: hunting , hunting ]

    hunt (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: 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 , 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'

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