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Quick definitions from WordNet (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: 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)
▸ noun: the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
▸ verb: chase away, with as with force ("They hunted the the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood")
▸ 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: yaw back and forth about a flight path
▸ verb: pursue or chase relentlessly ("The hunters traced the deer into the woods")
▸ name: A surname (common: 1 in 1587 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #148)
▸ Word origin
▸ 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: 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)
▸ noun: the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
▸ verb: chase away, with as with force ("They hunted the the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood")
▸ 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: yaw back and forth about a flight path
▸ verb: pursue or chase relentlessly ("The hunters traced the deer into the woods")
▸ name: A surname (common: 1 in 1587 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #148)
▸ Word origin