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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) : [ gazetteer ]


  Hunt, NY
    Zip code(s): 14846
  Hunt, TX
    Zip code(s): 78024
  Hunt, WV
    Zip code(s): 25635

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Hunt \Hunt\ (h[u^]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hunted; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Hunting.] [AS. huntian to hunt; cf. hentan to
     follow, pursue, Goth. hin?an (in comp.) to seize. [root]36.
     Cf. Hent.]
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Like a dog, he hunts in dreams.       --Tennyson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
                                                    --Ps. cxl. 11.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to
        hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To use or manage in the chase, as hounds.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He hunts a pack of dogs.              --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the
        woods, or the country.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. (Change Ringing) To move or shift the order of (a bell) in
        a regular course of changes.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Hunt \Hunt\, n.
     1. The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase;
        pursuit; search.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The hunt is up; the morn is bright and gray. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The game secured in the hunt. [Obs.] --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A pack of hounds. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. An association of huntsmen.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. A district of country hunted over.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Every landowner within the hunt.      --London
                                                    Field.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Hunt \Hunt\, v. i.
     1. To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to
        course with hounds.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Esau went to the field to hunt for venison. --Gen.
                                                    xxvii. 5.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He after honor hunts, I after love.   --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Mach.) To be in a state of instability of movement or
        forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large
        movement of the balls for small change of load, an
        arc-lamp clutch mechanism which moves rapidly up and down
        with variations of current, or the like; also, to seesaw,
        as a pair of alternators working in parallel.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     4. (Change Ringing) To shift up and down in order regularly.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     To hunt counter, to trace the scent backward in hunting, as
        a hound to go back on one's steps. [Obs.] --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Hunt \Hunt\, v. i.
     1. (Mach.) To be in a state of instability of movement or
        forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large
        movement of the balls for small change of load, an
        arc-lamp clutch mechanism which moves rapidly up and down
        with variations of current, or the like; also, to seesaw,
        as a pair of alternators working in parallel.
  
     2. (Change Ringing) To shift up and down in order regularly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Hunt \Hunt\, v. t. (Change Ringing)
     To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of
     changes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Hunt \Hunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hunted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Hunting.] [AS. huntian to hunt; cf. hentan to follow,
     pursue, Goth. hin?an (in comp.) to seize. [root]36. Cf.
     Hent.]
     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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Hunt \Hunt\, v. i.
     1. To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to
        course with hounds.
  
              Esau went to the field to hunt for venison. --Gen.
                                                    xxvii. 5.
  
     2. To seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after.
  
              He after honor hunts, I after love.   --Shak.
  
     To hunt counter, to trace the scent backward in hunting, as
        a hound to go back on one's steps. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Hunt \Hunt\, n.
     1. The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase;
        pursuit; search.
  
              The hunt is up; the morn is bright and gray. --Shak.
  
     2. The game secured in the hunt. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
     3. A pack of hounds. [Obs.]
  
     4. An association of huntsmen.
  
     5. A district of country hunted over.
  
              Every landowner within the hunt.      --London
                                                    Field.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  Hunt
       n 1: Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910) [syn: Holman
            Hunt, William Holman Hunt]
       2: United States architect (1827-1895) [syn: Richard Morris
          Hunt]
       3: British writer who defended the romanticism of Keats and
          Shelley (1784-1859) [syn: Leigh Hunt, James Henry Leigh
          Hunt]
       4: an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport [syn: hunt
          club]
       5: an instance of searching for something; "the hunt for
          submarines"
       6: the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find
          something or someone [syn: search, hunting]
       7: the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for
          food or pelts [syn: hunting]
       8: the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded
          as a sport [syn: hunting]
       v 1: 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" [syn: run,
             hunt down, track down]
       2: pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer
          into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until
          they found the him" [syn: hound, trace]
       3: chase away, with as with force; "They hunted the the
          unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood"
       4: yaw back and forth about a flight path; "the plane's nose
          yawed"
       5: oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an
          undesirable extent; "The oscillator hunts about the
          correct frequency"
       6: seek, search for; "She hunted for her reading glasses but
          was unable to locate them"
       7: search (an area) for prey; "The King used to hunt these
          forests"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  hunt
     Εσθονικά n.
     (ετ θηλαστικό et) λύκος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  hunt
     Cimbrian n.
     1 (lb cim Luserna 7) dog
     2 (lb cim 7) firing pin
     3 (lb cim 7) large iron clamp
     Estonian n.
     wolf, grey wolf
     n.
     1 The act of hunting.
     2 A hunting expedition.
     3 An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.
     4 A pack of hunting dogs.
     vb.
     1 (lb en ambitransitive) To find or search for an animal in the wild
  with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
     2 (lb en ambitransitive) To try to find something; search (for).
     3 (lb en transitive) To drive; to chase; with ''down'', ''from'',
  ''away'', etc.
     4 (lb en transitive) To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in
  hunting.
     5 (lb en transitive) To use or traverse in pursuit of game.
     6 (lb en bell-ringing transitive) To move or shift the order of (a
  bell) in a regular course of changes.
     7 (lb en bell-ringing intransitive) To shift up and down in order
  regularly.
     8 (lb en engineering intransitive) To be in a state of instability of
  movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement
  of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism
  which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, etc.; also,
  to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel.
     Old High German n.
     dog

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Hunt
     n.
     1 (surname en English from=occupations) for a hunter (for game, birds
  etc).
     2 (lb en rare) (given name en male from=surnames).
     3 A placename
     4 # (place en unincorporated community co/Knox County s/Ohio c/USA).
     5 # (place en unincorporated community co/Kerr County s/Texas c/USA).
     6 # (former name of en McFarland dot=,) California.
     7 # (ellipsis of en Hunt County)
     Plautdietsch n.
     dog

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  hunt
     n.
     1 The act of hunting.
     2 A hunting expedition.
     3 An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.
     4 A pack of hunting dogs.
     vb.
     1 (lb en ambitransitive) To find or search for an animal in the wild
  with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
     2 (lb en ambitransitive) To try to find something; search (for).
     3 (lb en transitive) To drive; to chase; with ''down'', ''from'',
  ''away'', etc.
     4 (lb en transitive) To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in
  hunting.
     5 (lb en transitive) To use or traverse in pursuit of game.
     6 (lb en bell-ringing transitive) To move or shift the order of (a
  bell) in a regular course of changes.
     7 (lb en bell-ringing intransitive) To shift up and down in order
  regularly.
     8 (lb en engineering intransitive) To be in a state of instability of
  movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement
  of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism
  which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, etc.; also,
  to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Hunt
     n.
     1 (surname en English from=occupations) for a hunter (for game, birds
  etc).
     2 (lb en rare) (given name en male from=surnames).
     3 A placename
     4 # (place en unincorporated community co/Knox County s/Ohio c/USA).
     5 # (place en unincorporated community co/Kerr County s/Texas c/USA).
     6 # (former name of en McFarland dot=,) California.
     7 # (ellipsis of en Hunt County)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  hunt
     n.
     1 The act of hunting.
     2 A hunting expedition.
     3 An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.
     4 A pack of hunting dogs.
     vb.
     1 (lb en ambitransitive) To find or search for an animal in the wild
  with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
     2 (lb en ambitransitive) To try to find something; search (for).
     3 (lb en transitive) To drive; to chase; with ''down'', ''from'',
  ''away'', etc.
     4 (lb en transitive) To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in
  hunting.
     5 (lb en transitive) To use or traverse in pursuit of game.
     6 (lb en bell-ringing transitive) To move or shift the order of (a
  bell) in a regular course of changes.
     7 (lb en bell-ringing intransitive) To shift up and down in order
  regularly.
     8 (lb en engineering intransitive) To be in a state of instability of
  movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement
  of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism
  which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, etc.; also,
  to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel.
     Old High German n.
     dog

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Hunt
     n.
     1 (surname en English from=occupations) for a hunter (for game, birds
  etc).
     2 (lb en rare) (given name en male from=surnames).
     3 A placename
     4 # (place en unincorporated community co/Knox County s/Ohio c/USA).
     5 # (place en unincorporated community co/Kerr County s/Texas c/USA).
     6 # (former name of en McFarland dot=,) California.
     7 # (ellipsis of en Hunt County)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  hunt
     n.
     1 The act of hunting.
     2 A hunting expedition.
     3 An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.
     4 A pack of hunting dogs.
     vb.
     1 (lb en ambitransitive) To find or search for an animal in the wild
  with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
     2 (lb en ambitransitive) To try to find something; search (for).
     3 (lb en transitive) To drive; to chase; with ''down'', ''from'',
  ''away'', etc.
     4 (lb en transitive) To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in
  hunting.
     5 (lb en transitive) To use or traverse in pursuit of game.
     6 (lb en bell-ringing transitive) To move or shift the order of (a
  bell) in a regular course of changes.
     7 (lb en bell-ringing intransitive) To shift up and down in order
  regularly.
     8 (lb en engineering intransitive) To be in a state of instability of
  movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement
  of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism
  which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, etc.; also,
  to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel.
     Old High German n.
     dog

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Hunt
     n.
     1 (surname en English from=occupations) for a hunter (for game, birds
  etc).
     2 (lb en rare) (given name en male from=surnames).
     3 A placename
     4 # (place en unincorporated community co/Knox County s/Ohio c/USA).
     5 # (place en unincorporated community co/Kerr County s/Texas c/USA).
     6 # (former name of en McFarland dot=,) California.
     7 # (ellipsis of en Hunt County)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  hunt
     Viro n.
     susi ((takso Canis lupus))

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Hunt
     Ranska n.
     (sukunimi: fr)
     Saksa n.
     malmikärry, kaivosvaunu

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  hunt
     Estniska n.
     varg

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  Hunt /hˈʊnt/ 
   [min.] mine car , mine hutch , mine tub , tub , mine truck , mine tram , corf  [Br.] , cocoa pan  [coll.]
     Synonyms: Förderwagen, Grubenwagen, Wagen, Grubenhund, Hund
  
   see: Förderwagen, Förderwägen, Grubenwagen, Grubenwägen, Wagen, Wägen, Grubenhunde, Hunde, Hunte, flacher Förderwagen

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  hunt /hˈʌnt/
  jaag

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  hunt /hˈʌnt/
  ten doel hê

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  hunt /hˈʌnt/
  ten doel hê

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Hunt /hˈʌnt/
  الصيد

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  hunt //hʌnt// 
  1. ловна дружинка
  organization
  2. лов
  the act of hunting, shooting

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  hunt //hʌnt// 
  ловувам, ловя́
  to chase down prey