What is "hunting"

Hunt \Hunt\ (h[u^]nt), 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.

6. (Change Ringing) To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.

Hunting \Hunt"ing\, n. The pursuit of game or of wild animals.
--A. Smith.

Happy hunting grounds, the region to which, according to the belief of American Indians, the souls of warriors and hunters pass after death, to be happy in hunting and feasting.
--Tylor.

Hunting box. Same As Hunting lodge (below).

Hunting cat (Zo["o]l.), the cheetah.

Hunting cog (Mach.), a tooth in the larger of two geared wheels which makes its number of teeth prime to the number in the smaller wheel, thus preventing the frequent meeting of the same pairs of teeth.

Hunting dog (Zo["o]l.), the hyena dog.

Hunting ground, a region or district abounding in game; esp. (pl.), the regions roamed over by the North American Indians in search of game.

Hunting horn, a bulge; a horn used in the chase. See Horn, and Bulge.

Hunting leopard (Zo["o]l.), the cheetah.

Hunting lodge, a temporary residence for the purpose of hunting.

Hunting seat, a hunting lodge.
--Gray.

Hunting shirt, a coarse shirt for hunting, often of leather.

Hunting spider (Zo["o]l.), a spider which hunts its prey, instead of catching it in a web; a wolf spider.

Hunting watch. See Hunter, 6.

Old English huntung, verbal noun from hunt (v.).

n. 1 Chase and killing animals for sport or to get food. 2 Looking for something, especially for a job or flat. 3 (context engineering English) Fluctuating around a central value without stabilizing. vb. (present participle of hunt English)

1. n. 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, hunt]

3. the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts [syn: hunt]

Hunting is the practice of killing or trapping any animal, or pursuing or tracking it with the intent of doing so. Hunting wildlife or feral animals is most commonly done by humans for food, recreation, to remove predators which are dangerous to humans or domestic animals, or for trade. In the 2010s, lawful hunting is distinguished from poaching, which is the illegal killing, trapping or capture of the hunted species. The species that are hunted are referred to as game or prey and are usually mammals and birds.

Hunting can also be a means of pest control. Hunting advocates state that hunting can be a necessary component of modern wildlife management, for example, to help maintain a population of healthy animals within an environment's ecological carrying capacity when natural checks such as predators are absent or very rare. However, hunting has also heavily contributed to the endangerment, extirpation and extinction of many animals.

The pursuit, capture and release, or capture for food of fish is called fishing, which is not commonly categorised as a form of hunting. It is also not considered hunting to pursue animals without intent to kill them, as in wildlife photography, birdwatching, or scientific research activities which involve tranquilizing and/or tagging of animals or birds. The practice of foraging or gathering materials from plants and mushrooms is also considered separate from hunting.

Skillful tracking and acquisition of an elusive target has caused the word hunt to be used in the vernacular as a metaphor, as in treasure hunting, "bargain hunting", and even "hunting down corruption and waste".

Hunting is the practice of pursuing animals to capture or kill them.

Hunting may also refer to:

Hunting (or Hunting Scene) is a painting by Italian artist Annibale Carracci, painted before 1595 and given to Louis XIV by Prince Camillo Pamphili in 1665. It is currently held and exhibited at the Louvre in Paris.

Hunting is a 1991 Australian drama film written and directed by Frank Howson, starring John Savage, Kerry Armstrong (nominated for AFI Best Actress) and Guy Pearce.

Hunting is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• John Hunting, English football referee
• John R. Hunting, American philanthropist
• Tom Hunting (born 1965), American drummer