[hunt] vb [ME, fr. OE huntian; akin to OE hentan to seize] vt (bef. 12c) 1 a: to pursue for food or in sport "~ buffalo" b: to manage in the search for game "~s a pack of dogs"
2. a: to pursue with intent to capture "~ed the escaped prisoner" b: to search out: seek
3: to drive or chase esp. by harrying "members of the colonial council ... were ~ed from their homes --J. T. Adams"
4: to traverse in search of prey "~s the woods" ~ vi 1: to take part in a hunt
2: to attempt to find something
3: to oscillate alternately to each side (as of a neutral point) or to run alternately faster and slower--used esp. of a device or machine
[2]hunt n (14c) 1: the act, the practice, or an instance of hunting
2: a group of mounted hunters and their hunting dogs