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To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.

To try to find something; search (for).

To drive; to chase.

(hunting with dogs) To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting.

To use or traverse in pursuit of game.

(bell-ringing) To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.

(bell-ringing) To shift up and down in order regularly.

(engineering) 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.

The act of finding or searching for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal.

💬 Quotations
Through male bonding, the subculture of the hunt caught up in the mystique of the chase, the hunting party became a military force, and men discovered that they need not stop at defense: they could go out to hunt for other people's wealth.

A hunting expedition.

An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.

A pack of hunting dogs.

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