Verb

(en verb)

To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.

* 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Jack Wilshere scores twice to ease Arsenal to victory over Marseille'' (in ''The Guardian , 26 November 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/nov/26/arsenal-marseille-match-report-champions-league]

Wilshere had started as a left-footed right-winger, coming in off the flank, but he and Özil both had the licence to roam . Tomas Rosicky was not tied down to one spot either and, with Ramsey breaking forward as well as Olivier Giroud's considerable presence, Marseille were overwhelmed from the moment Bacary Sagna's first touch of the night sent Wilshere running clear.

(intransitive, computing, telecommunications) To use a network or service from different locations or devices.

To or wander over.

* (John Milton)

And now wild beasts came forth the woods to roam .

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Obama goes troll-hunting , passage=According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.}}

Verb

(en verb)

To chase down prey and (usually) kill it.

* Bible, Genesis xxvii. 5

Esau went to the field to hunt for venison.

* Tennyson

Like a dog, he hunts in dreams.

* 2010 , Backyard deer hunting: converting deer to dinner for pennies per pound (ISBN 1449084354), page 10:

State Wildlife Management Areas often offer licensed hunters the opportunity to hunt deer on public lands.

To try to find something; search.

* (William Shakespeare)

He after honour hunts , I after love.

* , chapter=1

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.}}

* 2004 , Prill Boyle, Defying Gravity: A Celebration of Late-Blooming Women (ISBN 1578601541), page 119:

My idea of retirement was to hunt seashells, play golf, and do a lot of walking.

* 2011 , Ann Major, Nobody's Child (ISBN 1459271939):

What kind of woman came to an island and stayed there through a violent storm and then got up the next morning to hunt seashells? She had fine, delicate features with high cheekbones and the greenest eyes he'd ever seen.

The police are hunting for evidence.

To drive; to chase; with down'', ''from'', ''away , etc.

to hunt down a criminal

He was hunted from the parish.

To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting.

* Addison

He hunts a pack of dogs.

To use or traverse in pursuit of game.

He hunts the woods, or the country.