Definition of hunt

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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..

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Hunted :: Hunted (imp. & p. p.) of Hun.
Shunter :: Shunter (n.) A person employed to shunt cars from one track to another.
Surrounding :: Surround (n.) A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc..
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of rousing game..
Venantes :: Venantes (n. pl.) The hunting spiders, which run after, or leap upon, their prey..
Mousing :: Mousing (n.) The act of hunting mice.
Deerstalking :: Deerstalking (n.) The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares..
Lucern :: Lucern (n.) A sort of hunting dog; -- perhaps from Lucerne, in Switzerland..
Chaser :: Chaser (n.) One who or that which chases; a pursuer; a driver; a hunter.
Ground :: Ground (n.) Any definite portion of the earth's surface; region; territory; country. Hence: A territory appropriated to, or resorted to, for a particular purpose; the field or place of action; as, a hunting or fishing ground; a play ground..
Widow-hunter :: Widow-hunter (n.) One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune..
Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun.
Stalking-horse :: Stalking-horse (n.) A horse, or a figure resembling a horse, behind which a hunter conceals himself from the game he is aiming to kill..
Chase :: Chase (v. t.) To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game..
Heron :: Heron (n.) Any wading bird of the genus Ardea and allied genera, of the family Ardeidae. The herons have a long, sharp bill, and long legs and toes, with the claw of the middle toe toothed. The common European heron (Ardea cinerea) is remarkable for its directly ascending flight, and was formerly hunted with the larger falcons..
Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) To provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a galvanometer..
Cynegetics :: Cynegetics (n.) The art of hunting with dogs.
Setter :: Setter (n.) A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching..
Hunter :: Hunter (n.) One who hunts or seeks after anything, as if for game; as, a fortune hunter a place hunter..
Blood :: Blood (v. t.) To give (hounds or soldiers) a first taste or sight of blood, as in hunting or war..
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