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huntnoun an act or process of looking carefully or thoroughly for someone or somethingsoon the whole family was involved in the hunt for Mom's car keys quest, search shakedownsweepchase, pursuitrecon, reconnaissance, scoutcanvass(also canvas), surveyexploration, probeforage huntverbto seek out (game) for food or sportNative Americans of the plains hunted buffalo for food, clothing, and shelter chase, stalk capture, drag, net, snare, trapdog, ferret, hawk, houndcourse, pursue, run, run down, spoor, track, trailgun (for), harpoon, kill, shootpoachcull to go in search ofI spent all afternoon hunting a job for the summer cast about (for), cast around (for), chase (down), forage (for), look up, pursue, quest, search (for or out), seek, shop (for) ferret (out), root (out) look for hide, loseignore, neglect to go into or range over for purposes of discoverya bag lady hunts the neighborhood for returnable bottles explore, probe, prospect, search, skirr reconnoiter(or reconnoitre), scoutdisclose, discover, reveal, unearthfathom, plumb, sound before the 12th century |