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Definition of Hunt

1. Verb. Pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals). "The men hunt for animals in the area"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"

2. Noun. Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910).

3. Verb. Pursue or chase relentlessly. "The detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"

4. Noun. United States architect (1827-1895).

5. Verb. Chase away, with as with force. "They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood"

6. Noun. British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859).

7. Verb. Yaw back and forth about a flight path. "The plane's nose yawed"

8. Noun. An association of huntsmen who hunt for sport.

9. Verb. Oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent. "The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency"

10. Noun. An instance of searching for something. "The hunt for submarines"

11. Verb. Seek, search for. "She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them"

12. Noun. The activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone.

13. Verb. Search (an area) for prey. "The King used to hunt these forests"

14. Noun. The work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts.

15. Noun. The pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport.

Definition of Hunt

1. 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.

2. v. i. To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds.

3. n. The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search.

4. v. i. 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.

5. v. t. To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.

Definition of Hunt

1. Proper noun. An English occupational surname for a hunter (for game, birds etc). ¹

2. Verb. To chase down prey and (usually) kill it. ¹

3. Verb. To try to find something; search. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive of a horse) To ride at a hunt. ¹

5. Noun. The act of hunting ¹

6. Noun. A hunting expedition ¹

7. Noun. An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to such an organization (capitalized if the name of a specific organization) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hunt

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

Medical Definition of Hunt

1. 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. Origin: AS. Huntian to hunt; cf. Hentan to follow, pursue, Goth. Hinan (in comp) to seize. Cf. Hent. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hunt

hunkily hunkiness hunkish hunks hunkses hunky hunky-dory hunky dory hunky punk hunnert

hunnerts hunnish hunny huns hunseemly hunt (current term) hunt's-up hunt's-ups hunt-and-peck hunt and peck

hunt club hunt down hunt saboteur huntable hunted hunted and pecked hunted person huntedly hunter hunter's chicken

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