intransitive verb. To pursue (game) for food or sport.

intransitive verb. To search through (an area) for prey.

intransitive verb. To make use of (hounds, for example) in pursuing game.

intransitive verb. To pursue intensively so as to capture or kill.

intransitive verb. To seek out; search for.

intransitive verb. To drive out forcibly, especially by harassing; chase away.

intransitive verb. To pursue game.

intransitive verb. To make a search; seek.

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To yaw back and forth about a flight path, as if seeking a new direction or another angle of attack. Used of an aircraft, rocket, or space vehicle.

intransitive verb. To rotate up and down or back and forth without being deflected by the pilot. Used of a control surface or a rocket motor in gimbals.

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To oscillate about a selected value. Used of a machine, instrument, or system.

intransitive verb. To swing back and forth; oscillate. Used of an indicator on a display or instrument panel.

noun. The act or sport of hunting.

noun. undefined

noun. A hunting expedition or outing, usually with horses and hounds.

noun. Those taking part in such an expedition or outing.

noun. The hunting season for a particular animal.

noun. A diligent search or pursuit.

noun. One who hunts; a hunter; a huntsman.

In mech., to jump back and forth instead of remaining steady.

noun. The act of seeking for or chasing game or other wild animals for the purpose of catching or killing them; a pursuit; a chase.

noun. A pack of hounds engaged in the chase.

noun. An association of huntsmen: as, the Caledonian hunt.

noun. The region of country hunted with hounds.

noun. Game killed in the chase.

noun. The act of seeking or searching for something; a search or inquisition.

noun. In bell-ringing, a bell which is taken out of its order and then hunted by the others in the peal. See hunt, v. i., 3.

noun. In electricity, the see-sawing, surging of speed, or oscillating which sometimes occurs in synchronous motors or other electrical apparatus.

To chase, as wild animals, for the purpose of catching or killing; search for or follow after, as game.

To search after; pursue; follow closely.

To use, direct, or manage in the chase.

To pursue game or wild animals over; specifically, to pursue foxes over: as, the district was hunted by the foxhounds.

To follow the chase; pursue game or other wild animals.

To make a search or quest; seek: with for or after.

In bell-ringing, to alter the place of a bell in its set according to certain rules.

transitive verb. 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.

transitive verb. To search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow; -- often with out or up

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

transitive verb. To use or manage in the chase, as hounds.

transitive verb. To use or traverse in pursuit of game.

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

intransitive verb. To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds.

intransitive verb. To seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after.

intransitive verb. 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.

intransitive verb. To shift up and down in order regularly.

intransitive verb. to trace the scent backward in hunting, as a hound to go back on one's steps.

noun. The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search.

noun. The game secured in the hunt.

"All these good teams have been eliminated from the title hunt because President Obama has failed to deliver on his promise to create a college football playoff."

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English words derived from: hunt (noun)  English words derived from: hunt (verb)  treasure hunt  

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