hunting

noun

The act of finding and killing a wild animal, either for sport or with the intention of using its parts to make food, clothes, etc.
Looking for something, especially for a job or flat.
Fluctuating around a central value without stabilizing.
The process of determining which of a group of telephone lines will receive a call.

verb

To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
Her uncle will go out and hunt for deer, now that it is open season.
To try to find something; search (for).
The little girl was hunting for shells on the beach.
To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.
He was hunted from the parish.
To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting.
Did you hunt that pony last week?
To use or traverse in pursuit of game.
He hunts the woods, or the country.
(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.
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.

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