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HUNT, v.t.

1. To chase wild animals, particularly quadrupeds, for the purpose of catching them for food, or for the diversion of sportsmen; to pursue with hounds for taking, as game; as, to hunt stag or a hare.

2. To go in search of, for the purpose of shooting; as, to hunt wolves, bears, squirrels or partridges. This is the common use of the word in America. It includes fowling by shooting.

3. To pursue; to follow closely.

Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. Ps.140.

4. To use, direct or mange hounds in the chase.

He hunts a pack of dogs.

To hunt out or after, to seek; to search for.

To hunt from, to pursue and drive out or away.

To hunt down, to depress; to bear down by persecution or violence.

HUNT, v.i. To follow the chase. Gen.27.

1. To seek wild animals for game, or for killing them by shooting when noxious; with for; as, to hunt for bears or wolves; to hunt for quails, or for ducks.

2. To seek by close pursuit; to search; with for.

The adulteress will hunt for the precious life. Prov.6.

HUNT, n. A chase of wild animals for catching them.

1. A huntsman. [Not in use.]

2. A pack of hounds.

3. Pursuit; chase.

4. A seeking of wild animals of any kind for game; as a hunt for squirrels.


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HUNT, v.t.

1. To chase wild animals, particularly quadrupeds, for the purpose of catching them for food, or for the diversion of sportsmen; to pursue with hounds for taking, as game; as, to hunt stag or a hare.

2. To go in search of, for the purpose of shooting; as, to hunt wolves, bears, squirrels or partridges. This is the common use of the word in America. It includes fowling by shooting.

3. To pursue; to follow closely.

Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. Ps.140.

4. To use, direct or mange hounds in the chase.

He hunts a pack of dogs.

To hunt out or after, to seek; to search for.

To hunt from, to pursue and drive out or away.

To hunt down, to depress; to bear down by persecution or violence.

HUNT, v.i. To follow the chase. Gen.27.

1. To seek wild animals for game, or for killing them by shooting when noxious; with for; as, to hunt for bears or wolves; to hunt for quails, or for ducks.

2. To seek by close pursuit; to search; with for.

The adulteress will hunt for the precious life. Prov.6.

HUNT, n. A chase of wild animals for catching them.

1. A huntsman. [Not in use.]

2. A pack of hounds.

3. Pursuit; chase.

4. A seeking of wild animals of any kind for game; as a hunt for squirrels.

HUNT, n.

  1. A chase of wild animals for catching them.
  2. A huntsman. [Not in use.] Chaucer.
  3. A pack of hounds. Dryden.
  4. Pursuit; chase. Shak.
  5. A seeking of wild animals of any kind for game; as, a hunt for squirrels.
  6. An association of huntsmen; as, the Caledonian hunt.

HUNT, v.i.

  1. To follow the chase. Gen. xxvii.
  2. To trek wild animals for game, or for killing them by shooting when noxious; with for; as, to hunt for bears or wolves; to hunt for quails, or for ducks.
  3. To seek by close pursuit; to search; with for. The adulteress will hunt for the precious life. Prov. vi.

HUNT, v.t. [Sax. huntian. This word does not appear in the cognate languages. See Class Gn, No. 67.]

  1. To chase wild animals, particularly quadrupeds, for the purpose of catching them for food, or for the diversion of sportsmen; to pursue with hounds for taking, as game; as, to hunt a stag or a hare.
  2. To go in search of, for the purpose of shooting; as, to hunt wolves, bears, squirrels or partridges. This is the common use of the word in America. It includes fowling by shooting.
  3. To pursue; to follow closely. Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. Ps. cxl.
  4. To use, direct or manage hounds in the chase. He hunts a pack of dogs. Addison. To hunt out, or after, to seek; to search for. Locke. To hunt from, to pursue and drive out or away. To hunt down, to depress; to bear down by persecution or violence.

Hunt
  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 follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds.

    Esau went to the field to hunt for venison. Gen. xxvii. 5.

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

    The hunt is up; the morn is bright and gray. Shak.

  4. 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. To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.
  6. 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.

  7. To seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after.

    He after honor hunts, I after love. Shak.

    To hunt counter, to trace the scent backward in hunting, as a hound to go back on one's steps. [Obs.] Shak.

  8. The game secured in the hunt.

    [Obs.] Shak.
  9. To shift up and down in order regularly.
  10. To drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.
  11. A pack of hounds.

    [Obs.]
  12. To use or manage in the chase, as hounds.

    He hunts a pack of dogs. Addison.

  13. An association of huntsmen.
  14. To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country.
  15. A district of country hunted over.

    Every landowner within the hunt. London Field.

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Hunt

HUNT, verb transitive

1. To chase wild animals, particularly quadrupeds, for the purpose of catching them for food, or for the diversion of sportsmen; to pursue with hounds for taking, as game; as, to hunt stag or a hare.

2. To go in search of, for the purpose of shooting; as, to hunt wolves, bears, squirrels or partridges. This is the common use of the word in America. It includes fowling by shooting.

3. To pursue; to follow closely.

Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. Psalms 140:11.

4. To use, direct or mange hounds in the chase.

He hunts a pack of dogs.

To hunt out or after, to seek; to search for.

To hunt from, to pursue and drive out or away.

To hunt down, to depress; to bear down by persecution or violence.

HUNT, verb intransitive To follow the chase. Genesis 27:5.

1. To seek wild animals for game, or for killing them by shooting when noxious; with for; as, to hunt for bears or wolves; to hunt for quails, or for ducks.

2. To seek by close pursuit; to search; with for.

The adulteress will hunt for the precious life. Proverbs 6:26.

HUNT, noun A chase of wild animals for catching them.

1. A huntsman. [Not in use.]

2. A pack of hounds.

3. Pursuit; chase.

4. A seeking of wild animals of any kind for game; as a hunt for squirrels.

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