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–noun

1.	the act of a person, animal, or thing that hunts.

2.	Electricity. the periodic oscillating of a rotating electromechanical system about a mean space position, as in a synchronous motor.

–adjective

3.	of, for, engaged in, or used while hunting: a hunting cap.

[Origin: bef. 950; ME huntung (n.), OE huntung(e). See hunt, -ing¹, -ing²

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hunt Audio Help   (hŭnt) Pronunciation Key
v.   hunt·ed, hunt·ing, hunts

v.   tr.

To pursue (game) for food or sport.
To search through (an area) for prey: hunted the ridges.
To make use of (hounds, for example) in pursuing game.
To pursue intensively so as to capture or kill: hunted down the escaped convict.
To seek out; search for.
To drive out forcibly, especially by harassing; chase away: hunted the newcomers out of town.

v. intr.

To pursue game.
To make a search; seek.
Aerospace
1. To yaw back and forth about a flight path, as if seeking a new direction or another angle of attack. Used of an aircraft, rocket, or space vehicle.
2. To rotate up and down or back and forth without being deflected by the pilot. Used of a control surface or a rocket motor in gimbals.
3. To oscillate about a selected value. Used of a machine, instrument, or system.
4. To swing back and forth; oscillate. Used of an indicator on a display or instrument panel.
Engineering
1. To oscillate about a selected value. Used of a machine, instrument, or system.
2. To swing back and forth; oscillate. Used of an indicator on a display or instrument panel.

The act or sport of hunting: an enthusiast for the hunt.
1. A hunting expedition or outing, usually with horses and hounds.
2. Those taking part in such an expedition or outing.
A diligent search or pursuit: on a hunt for cheap gas.

[Middle English hunten, from Old English huntian.]

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hunt·ing Audio Help (hŭn'tĭng) Pronunciation Key
n.

The activity or sport of pursuing game.
The act of conducting a search for something: house hunting.
Electronics The periodic variation in speed of a synchronous motor with respect to the current.

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hunting
noun
1.	the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport [syn: hunt]
2.	the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone [syn: search]
3.	the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts [syn: hunt]

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ˈhunting noun

the activity of chasing animals etc for food or for sport

Arabic:	صَيْد، إصْطِياد
Chinese (Simplified):	打猎
Chinese (Traditional):	打獵
Czech:	lov
Danish:	jagt
Dutch:	het jagen
Estonian:	jaht
Finnish:	metsästys
French:	chasse
German:	die Jagd
Greek:	κυνήγι
Hungarian:	vadászat
Icelandic:	veiði, veiðar
Indonesian:	pemburuan
Italian:	caccia

Japanese:	狩猟
Korean:	사냥
Latvian:	medības
Lithuanian:	medžiojimas, medžioklė
Norwegian:	jakt
Polish:	polowanie
Portuguese (Brazil):	caça
Portuguese (Portugal):	caça
Romanian:	vânătoare
Russian:	охота
Slovak:	lov
Slovenian:	lov
Spanish:	caza, cacería
Swedish:	jakt
Turkish:	avlanma, avcılık

See also: hunter, huntsman, hunt, hunt down, hunt for, hunt high and low, hunt out

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Hunting Valley, OH (village, FIPS 36918) Location: 41.47300 N, 81.40907 W
Population (1990): 799 (328 housing units)
Area: 20.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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Hunting

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.

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