1. Being searched for or chased
   "The fugitive felt hunted as he tried to evade the police";
   - pursued
    
2. Reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted
   "the hopeless hunted look on the prisoner's face"; "a glitter of apprehension in her hunted eyes"

1. Pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
   "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"; "Goering often hunted down wild boars in Poland";
   - run, hunt down, track down
    
2. Seek, search for
   "She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them"
    
3. Search (an area) for prey
   "The King used to hunt these forests"
    
4. Pursue or chase relentlessly
   "the detectives hunted the suspect until they found him";
   - hound, trace
    
5. Chase or drive away, as with force
   "They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighbourhood"
    
6. Yaw back and forth about a flight path
   "The damaged plane hunted as it tried to maintain course"
    
7. Oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent
   "The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency"

See also: afeard [archaic], afeared [archaic], afraid, 'fraid [non-standard]

Type of: capture, catch, chase, chase after, chase down, drive out, force out, give chase, go after, look, look for, oscillate, rouse, rout out, search, seek, tag, track, trail, vibrate, yaw

Encyclopedia: Hunted