[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hunt \hunt\, v. i.
   1. to follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to
      course with hounds.
      1913 webster

            esau went to the field to hunt for venison. --gen.
                                                  xxvii. 5.
      1913 webster

   2. to seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after.
      1913 webster

            he after honor hunts, i after love.   --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. mach. 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.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   4. change ringing to shift up and down in order regularly.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   to hunt counter, to trace the scent backward in hunting, as
      a hound to go back on one's steps. obs. --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
to hunt counter 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hunt \hunt\ hu^nt, v. t. imp.  p. p. hunted; p. pr. 
   vb. n. hunting. as. huntian to hunt; cf. hentan to
   follow, pursue, goth. hin?an in comp. to seize. root36.
   cf. hent.
   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.
      1913 webster

            like a dog, he hunts in dreams.       --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
                                                  --ps. cxl. 11.
      1913 webster

   3. to drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to
      hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.
      1913 webster

   4. to use or manage in the chase, as hounds.
      1913 webster

            he hunts a pack of dogs.              --addison.
      1913 webster

   5. to use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the
      woods, or the country.
      1913 webster

   6. change ringing to move or shift the order of a bell in
      a regular course of changes.
      webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
hunted hunting hent 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hunt \hunt\, n.
   1. the act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase;
      pursuit; search.
      1913 webster

            the hunt is up; the morn is bright and gray. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. the game secured in the hunt. obs. --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. a pack of hounds. obs.
      1913 webster

   4. an association of huntsmen.
      1913 webster

   5. a district of country hunted over.
      1913 webster

            every landowner within the hunt.      --london
                                                  field.
      1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

hunt
     n 1: englishman and pre-raphaelite painter 1827-1910 syn: holman
          hunt, william holman hunt
     2: united states architect 1827-1895 syn: richard morris
        hunt
     3: british writer who defended the romanticism of keats and
        shelley 1784-1859 syn: leigh hunt, james henry leigh
        hunt
     4: an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport syn: hunt
        club
     5: an instance of searching for something; "the hunt for
        submarines"
     6: the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find
        something or someone syn: search, hunting
     7: the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for
        food or pelts syn: hunting
     8: the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded
        as a sport syn: hunting
     v 1: pursue for food or sport as of wild animals; "goering
          often hunted wild boars in poland"; "the dogs are
          running deer"; "the duke hunted in these woods" syn: run,
           hunt down, track down
     2: pursue or chase relentlessly; "the hunters traced the deer
        into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until
        they found the him" syn: hound, trace
     3: chase away, with as with force; "they hunted the the
        unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood"
     4: yaw back and forth about a flight path; "the plane's nose
        yawed"
     5: oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an
        undesirable extent; "the oscillator hunts about the
        correct frequency"
     6: seek, search for; "she hunted for her reading glasses but
        was unable to locate them"
     7: search an area for prey; "the king used to hunt these
        forests"
see also:
holman hunt william holman hunt richard morris hunt leigh hunt james henry leigh hunt hunt club 
search hunting run hunt down track down 
hound trace 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

142 moby thesaurus words for "hunt":
   angle for, ask for, beat, beat about for, beat the bushes, beset,
   burrow, capture, cast about, chase, chase out, check out, chevy,
   chivy, course, coursing, cynegetics, delve, delve for, dig,
   dig for, dog, domiciliary visit, dragnet, drive, drive out,
   drum out, examine, exploration, explore, falcon, falconry, ferret,
   ferret out, fish for, flush, follow, follow the hounds, follow up,
   forage, force out, fowl, fox hunting, freeze out, frisk,
   give chase, go after, go gunning for, go hunting, go through, gun,
   gun for, gunning, harass, harry, harry out, hawk, hawking,
   hollo after, hound, house-search, hunt down, hunt for, hunt out,
   hunt up, hunting, investigate, jack, jacklight, kill, look,
   look around, look for, look round, look through, look up,
   make after, molest, nose around, oppress, perquisition, persecute,
   poke, poke around, posse, probe, prosecute, prowl after, pry,
   pry into, pursue, pursuit, push out, quest, quest after,
   raise the hunt, ransack, ransacking, research, ride to hounds,
   root, rout out, rummage, run, run after, run out, scour, search,
   search for, search party, search through, search warrant,
   search-and-destroy operation, searching, see to, seek, seek for,
   seek out, shikar, shoot, shooting, smell around, smoke out, snare,
   sport, sporting, stalk, stalking, start, still hunt, still-hunt,
   take out after, torment, trace, track, track down, tracking down,
   trail, try to find, turning over, venery, victimize

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

hunt, ny
  zip codes: 14846
hunt, tx
  zip codes: 78024
hunt, wv
  zip codes: 25635

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

hunt -- u.s. county in texas
   population 2000:    76596
   housing units 2000: 32490
   land area 2000:     841.156969 sq. miles 2178.586457 sq. km
   water area 2000:    40.867547 sq. miles 105.846457 sq. km
   total area 2000:    882.024516 sq. miles 2284.432914 sq. km
   located within:       texas tx, fips 48
   location:             33.110760 n, 96.084533 w
   headwords:
    hunt
    hunt, tx
    hunt county
    hunt county, tx

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