Hunt

1. A pack of hounds.
2. The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search.
3. To use or manage in the chase, as hounds.
4. To drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.
5. 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.
6. A district of country hunted over.
7. An association of huntsmen.
8. To seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after.
9. The game secured in the hunt.
10. To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds.
11. 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.
12. To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country.