Definition of "Hunt" :

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

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."

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: pursue or chase relentlessly

"The hunters traced the deer into the woods."

verb: yaw back and forth about a flight path

verb: chase away, with as with force

"They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood."