hunt

To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.ambitransitive

• State Wildlife Management areas often offer licensed hunters the opportunity to hunt on public lands.
• Her uncle will go out and hunt for deer, now that it is open season.

To try to find something; search (for).ambitransitive

• The little girl was hunting for shells on the beach.
• The police are hunting for evidence.

To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.transitive

• to hunt down a criminal
• He was hunted from the parish.

To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting.transitive

• Did you hunt that pony last week?

To use or traverse in pursuit of game.transitive

• He hunts the woods, or the country.

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

To shift up and down in order regularly.intransitive

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 paralintransitive

• […] after which the inertia of the camera causes the motor to hunt with fluctuating speed.

The act of hunting.

• Through male bonding, the subculture of the hunt caught up in the mystique of the chase, the hunting party became a military force, and men discovered that they need not stop at defense: they could go out to hunt for other people's wealth.

A hunting expedition.

An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.

A pack of hunting dogs.collective

• the rim at the base has a hunt of dogs and stags on a running scroll
• I've heard that back in the days of fox hunting, kennels would keep a “hunt” of foxhounds up in the 50 - 100 dog range.