Definitions of hunt:

• noun:   the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
• noun:   the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
• noun:   an instance of searching for something

  Example: "The hunt for submarines"

• noun:   an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
• noun:   British writer who defended the romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)
• noun:   United States architect (1827-1895)
• noun:   Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
• noun:   the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
• verb:   chase away, with as with force

  Example: "They hunted the the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood"

• verb:   pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

  Example: "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"

• verb:   search (an area) for prey

  Example: "The King used to hunt these forests"

• verb:   seek, search for

  Example: "She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them"

• verb:   oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent

  Example: "The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency"

• verb:   yaw back and forth about a flight path
• verb:   pursue or chase relentlessly

  Example: "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"

• name:  A surname (common: 1 in 1587 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #148)