noun
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The act of hunting.
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A hunting expedition.
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An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.
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A pack of hunting dogs.
verb
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To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
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Her uncle will go out and hunt for deer, now that it is open season.
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To try to find something; search (for).
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The little girl was hunting for shells on the beach.
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To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.
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He was hunted from the parish.
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To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting.
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Did you hunt that pony last week?
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To use or traverse in pursuit of game.
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He hunts the woods, or the country.
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(bell-ringing) To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.
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(bell-ringing) To shift up and down in order regularly.
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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, etc.; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel.