The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search, One who hunts; a hunter; a huntsman, The region of country hunted with hounds, transitive verb_ To use or manage in the chase, as hounds, To use or traverse in pursuit of game, To search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow; -- often with out or up, intransitive verb_ To seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after, To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds