Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
hunt (verb)transitive verb
1.
a) to pursue for food or in sport - hunt buffalo
b) to manage in the search for game - hunts a pack of dogs
2.
a) to pursue with intent to capture - hunted the escapees
b) to search out - seek
3.
to drive or chase especially by harrying - members … were hunted from their homes J. T. Adams
4.
intransitive verb
to traverse in search of prey - hunts the woods
1.
to take part in a hunt
2.
to attempt to find something
3.
to oscillate alternately to each side (as of a neutral point) or to run alternately faster and slower - used especially of a device or machine
1.
the act, the practice, or an instance of - hunting
2.
a group of mounted and their hunting dogs - hunters
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Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
hunt (noun)an act or process of looking carefully or thoroughly for someone or something
SYNONIMS:
hunt, questRELATED WORDS:
shakedown; sweep; chase, pursuit; recon, reconnaissance, scout; canvass ( canvas), survey; exploration, probe; forage1.
to seek out (game) for food or sport
SYNONIMS:
chase, stalkRELATED WORDS:
capture, drag, net, snare, trap; dog, ferret, hawk, hound; course, pursue, run, run down, spoor, track, trail; gun (for), harpoon, kill, shoot; poach; cull2.
to go in search of
SYNONIMS:
cast about (for), cast around (for), chase (down), forage (for), hunt, look up, pursue, quest, search (for out), shop (for)RELATED WORDS:
ferret (out), root (out)NEAR ANTONYMS:
hide, lose; ignore, neglect3.
to go into or range over for purposes of discovery
SYNONIMS:
hunt, probe, prospect, search, skirrRELATED WORDS:
reconnoiter ( reconnoitre), scout; disclose, discover, reveal, unearth; fathom, plumb, soundto come upon after searching, study, or effort
SYNONIMS:
ascertain, descry, detect, determine, dig out, dig up, discover, dredge (up), ferret (out), find out, get, hit (on upon), hunt (down up), learn, locate, nose out, root (out), rout (out), rummage, run down, scare up, scout (up), track (down), turn upRELATED WORDS:
espy, sight, spot; look for, search (for out), seekNEAR ANTONYMS:
lose, mislay, misplace, missetto look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
SYNONIMS:
comb, dig (through), dredge, hunt (through), rake, ransack, rifle, rummage, scour, sort (through), trollRELATED WORDS:
frisk, pat down, shake down; audit, check (out), examine, inspect, investigate, review, scan, scrutinize, survey; ascertain, descry, detect, determine, discover, ferret (out), find, find out, get, hit (on upon), learn, locate, run down, scare up, track (down); grub (about), poke (around); explore, probe, prospect, skirmish, snoop; browse, glance (over), look over; peruse, studyNEAR ANTONYMS:
hide; abandon, lose; ignore, neglect