hunt

hunt is a Verb

Definition:

[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.