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Hunt
hʌnt
- pursue and kill (a wild animal) for sport or food
"in the autumn they hunted deer"
- pursue (a wild animal, especially a fox or deer) on horseback using hounds
"an old dog fox who had been hunted many times before"
- use (a hound or a horse) for hunting
"he hunted his hounds every day"
- (of an animal) chase and kill (its prey)
"mice are hunted by weasels and foxes"
- search determinedly for someone or something
"he desperately hunted for a new job"
- (of the police) search for (a criminal)
"the gang is being hunted by police"
- search for and capture someone
"the killers will be hunted down"
- (of a device or system) oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state
"on weak stereo signals this circuit can hunt over mono and stereo in a very disconcerting manner"
- (of an aircraft or rocket) oscillate about a mean flight path
- (in change-ringing) move the place of a bell in a simple progression
- an act of hunting wild animals or game
"a bear-hunt"
- an association of people who meet regularly to hunt, especially with hounds
- an area where hunting takes place
- a search
"police launched a hunt for the killer"
- an oscillating motion about a desired speed, position, or state