To search for and chase animals for food or sport; the act of searching for something or someone.
From Old English 'huntian,' possibly from 'hunta' (a hunter), with uncertain ultimate origin. The word has meant pursuing game since at least the 10th century.
Hunting is so central to human identity that it shaped our languages—we have more words for hunting and weapons in old texts than for farming, showing that for 99% of human existence we were hunters first, farmers second.
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