hunt in WordNet English dictionary

1. pursue or chase relentlessly
   "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"
   hound  hunt  trace 
   
2. 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"
   hunt  run  hunt down  track down 
   
3. search (an area) for prey
   "The King used to hunt these forests"
   hunt 
   
4. seek, search for
   "She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them"
   hunt 
   
5. chase away, with as with force
   "They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood"
   hunt 
   
6. yaw back and forth about a flight path
   "the plane's nose yawed"
   hunt 
   
7. oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent
   "The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency"
   hunt 
   

1. the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
   hunt  hunting 
   
2. the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
   hunt  hunting 
   
3. the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
   search  hunt  hunting 
   
4. an instance of searching for something
   "the hunt for submarines"
   hunt 
   
5. an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
   hunt  hunt club