hunt meaning and definition

HUNT noun

Definition of Hunt (noun)

1. Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
   • synonyms: Holman Hunt, William Holman Hunt
2. United States architect (1827-1895)
   • synonyms: Richard Morris Hunt
3. British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)
   • synonyms: James Henry Leigh Hunt, Leigh Hunt
4. an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
   • synonyms: 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
   • synonyms: hunting, search
7. the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
   • synonyms: hunting
8. the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
   • synonyms: hunting

HUNT verb

Definition of hunt (verb)

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"
   • synonyms: hunt down, run, track down
2. pursue or chase relentlessly
   • "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"
   • synonyms: 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"