HUNT

verb

Definitions

  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. 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. 3. To drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.
  4. 4. To use or manage in the chase, as hounds. He hunts a pack of dogs. Addison.
  5. 5. To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country.

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Added: October 09, 2025 Updated: October 09, 2025
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