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Meaning Of Hunt
v. t.
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.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to
hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.
v. t.
To use or manage in the chase, as hounds.
v. t.
To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the
woods, or the country.
v. i.
To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to
course with hounds.
v. i.
To seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after.
n.
The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit;
search.