hunting

n. chasing and capturing of game animals; seeking, searching; pursuing

v. chase and capture game animals; search, look for; follow after, pursue

Hunting is the practice of pursuing animals for food, recreation, trade or for their products. In modern use, the term refers to regulated and legal hunting, as distinguished from poaching, which is the killing, trapping or capture of animals contrary to law. Hunted animals are referred to as game animals, and are usually large mammals or migratory birds.
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Noun
1. the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
(synonym) hunt
(hypernym) outdoor sport, field sport
(hyponym) battue
(derivation) hunt
(class) bag
2. the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
(synonym) search, hunt
(hypernym) activity
(hyponym) exploration
(derivation) hunt
3. the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
(synonym) hunt
(hypernym) labor, labour, toil
(hyponym) canned hunt
(derivation) hunt, run, hunt down, track down

Noun
1. an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
(synonym) hunt club
(hypernym) club, society, guild, gild, lodge, order
2. an instance of searching for something; "the hunt for submarines"
(hypernym) search
3. the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
(synonym) search, hunting
(hypernym) activity
(hyponym) exploration
4. the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
(synonym) hunting
(hypernym) labor, labour, toil
(hyponym) canned hunt
(derivation) hound, trace
5. the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
(synonym) hunting
(hypernym) outdoor sport, field sport
(hyponym) battue
(derivation) hound, trace
(class) bag
Verb
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"
(synonym) run, hunt down, track down
(hypernym) capture, catch
(hyponym) snipe
(verb-group) run
(derivation) hunting
2. pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found the him"
(synonym) hound, trace
(hypernym) chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track
(hyponym) ferret
(derivation) hunting
3. chase away, with as with force; "They hunted the the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood"
(hypernym) rout out, drive out, force out, rouse
4. yaw back and forth about a flight path; "the plane's nose yawed"
(hypernym) yaw
(classification) airplane, aeroplane, plane
5. oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent; "The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency"
(hypernym) oscillate, vibrate
6. seek, search for; "She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them"
(hypernym) search, seek, look for
7. search (an area) for prey; "The King used to hunt these forests"
(hypernym) search, look
(verb-group) run, hunt down, track down
(derivation) hunting

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hunt
  

(n.)
The pursuit of game or of wild animals.
  

1. In telephony, pertaining to the operation of a selector or other similar device to find and establish a connection with an idle circuit of a chosen group. (188 ) 2. Pertaining to the failure of a device to achieve a state of equilibrium, usually by alternately overshooting and undershooting the point of equilibrium. (188 )