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"
Source: WordNet® 2.0