W: (v) search [Related to: search] (try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of) "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"
W: (v) search [Related to: search] (search or seek) "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!"
W: (v) hunt [Related to: hunt, hunting] (seek, search for) "She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them"
S: (n) hunt, hunting (the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts)
S: (n) hunt, hunting (the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport)
Verb
S: (v) hunt, run, hunt down, track down (pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)) "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"
S: (v) hound, hunt, trace (pursue or chase relentlessly) "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"
S: (v) hunt (chase away, with as with force) "They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood"
S: (v) hunt (yaw back and forth about a flight path) "the plane's nose yawed"
S: (v) hunt (oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent) "The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency"
S: (v) hunt (seek, search for) "She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them"
S: (v) hunt (search (an area) for prey) "The King used to hunt these forests"