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.-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.-to drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.-to use or manage in the chase, as hounds.-to use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country.-to follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds.-to seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after.-the act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search.-the game secured in the hunt.-a pack of hounds.-an association of huntsmen.-a district of country hunted over.