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   Hunt

   /hənt/

   

   verb

   • 1. pursue and kill (a wild animal) for sport or food: "in the autumn they hunted deer" Similar chasegive chase topursuestalkcoursehunt downrun downtracktrailfollowshadowhounddoginformal:tail
   • ▪ (of an animal) chase and kill (its prey): "mice are hunted by weasels and foxes"
   • 2. search determinedly for someone or something: "he desperately hunted for a new job" Similar searchlooklook high and lowscour aroundseektry to findcast aroundrummage (around)root aroundfish aroundforage aroundferret (around)informal:rootle about/around
   • ▪ (of the police) search for (a criminal): "the gang is being hunted by police"
   • ▪ pursue and capture someone: "the killers will be hunted down" Similar chasegive chase topursuestalkcoursehunt downrun downtracktrailfollowshadowhounddoginformal:tail
   • 3. (of a device or system) oscillate around a desired speed, position, or state: technical "on weak stereo signals this circuit can hunt over mono and stereo in a very disconcerting manner"
   • ▪ (of an aircraft or rocket) oscillate around a mean flight path.
   • ▪ (of an automatic transmission in a motor vehicle) keep shifting between gears because of improperly designed shift logic.
   • 4. (in change-ringing) move the place of a bell in a simple progression.

   noun

   • 1. an act of hunting wild animals or game: "a bear-hunt" Similar chasepursuitstalkingcoursecoursingtrackingtrailingshadowinginformal:tailing
   • ▪ an association of people who meet regularly to hunt, especially with hounds.
   • ▪ an area where hunting takes place.
   • 2. a search: "police launched a hunt for the killer" Similar searchlookquestseekingrummagingforagingferreting (around)
   • 3. an oscillating motion around a desired speed, position, or state.

   Word Origin Old Englishhuntian, of Germanic origin. Sense 4 dates from the late 17th century, and is probably based on the idea of the bells pursuing one another; it gave rise to the sense ‘oscillate about a desired speed’ (late 19th century).

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   What does hunt mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! HUNT definition: 1. to chase and try to catch and kill an animal or bird for food, sport, or profit: 2. in Britain…. Learn more.

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   What does hunting mean?

   • to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing. to pursue with force, hostility, etc., in order to capture (often followed by down ): They hunted him down and hanged him.

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   What do you hunt for in a sentence?

   • hunt for They are still hunting for the missing child. hunt high and low I've hunted high and low (= looked everywhere) for my gloves. Police are hunting the terrorists who planted the bomb. hunt something out I'll try and hunt out (= find) those old photographs for you. house-hunting They have spent months house-hunting (= looking for a house).

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   What does it mean if a Governor hunts?

   • A governor is said to hunt if the speed of the engine fluctuates continuously above and below the mean speed. Stability is the ability of a governor to maintain engine speed without hunting . If something, for example engine speed, hunts, it keeps going up and down around a mean value or position.

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   To hunt is to track and kill an animal for fun or food. In Italy, they use pigs to hunt truffles. In the US, they use shotguns to hunt deer. Some humans hunt animals with a gun or a bow and arrow, and some animals hunt smaller animals — the way a wolf hunts rabbits or a cat hunts birds.