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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hunt \Hunt\, v. i. 1. (Mach.) 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. 2. (Change Ringing) To shift up and down in order regularly. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hunt \Hunt\, v. t. (Change Ringing) To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hunt \Hunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hunted}; p. pr & vb n. {Hunting}.] [AS. huntian to hunt; cf hentan to follow pursue, Goth. hin?an (in comp.) to seize. [root]36. Cf {Hent}.] 1. 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. Like a dog, he hunts in dreams. --Tennyson. 2. 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. Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him --Ps. cxl. 11. 3. To drive; to chase; -- with down from away etc.; as to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish. 4. To use or manage in the chase, as hounds. He hunts a pack of dogs. --Addison. 5. To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as he hunts the woods, or the country. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hunt \Hunt\, v. i. 1. To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds. Esau went to the field to hunt for venison. --Gen. xxvii. 5. 2. To seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after He after honor hunts, I after love. --Shak. {To hunt counter}, to trace the scent backward in hunting, as a hound to go back on one's steps. [Obs.] --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hunt \Hunt\, n. 1. The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search. The hunt is up the morn is bright and gray. --Shak. 2. The game secured in the hunt. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. A pack of hounds. [Obs.] 4. An association of huntsmen. 5. A district of country hunted over Every landowner within the hunt. --London Field. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hunt n 1: an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport [syn: {hunt club}] 2: a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria [syn: {pursuit}, {quest}] 3: the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone [syn: {search}, {searching}, {hunting}] 4: the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts [syn: {hunting}] 5: the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport [syn: {hunting}] v 1: hunt wild animals; "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland" [syn: {run}, {hunt down}, {track down}] 2: pursue or chase relentlessly [syn: {hound}, {trace}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Hunt, NY Zip code(s): 14846 Hunt, TX Zip code(s): 78024 Hunt, WV Zip code(s): 25635
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