Searches for and pursues wild animals for food or sport, or seeks something persistently.
From Old English 'huntian', related to 'hentan' meaning to seize. Connected to Proto-Germanic roots meaning to capture or take hold of something.
Hunting represents humanity's oldest profession and deepest relationship with the natural world - the vocabulary of the hunt permeates modern language in everything from job hunting to bargain hunting.
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