hunting

Etymology 1
From, from , equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1) The act of finding and killing a wild animal, either for sport or with the intention of using its parts to make food, clothes, etc.
 * 2) Looking for something, especially for a job or flat.
 * 3)  Fluctuating around a central value without stabilizing.
 * 4)  The process of determining which of a group of telephone lines will receive a call.
 * 1)  The process of determining which of a group of telephone lines will receive a call.
 * 1)  The process of determining which of a group of telephone lines will receive a call.

Usage notes
Although is technically a hypernym for, fishing is generally not thought of as a type of hunting since it involves aquatic animals.

Translations

 * Arabic: صَيْد
 * Egyptian Arabic: صيد
 * Hijazi Arabic: صيد, قَنص
 * Armenian:
 * Avar: чанаве ине
 * Bashkir: һунар, һунарсылыҡ
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto: ĉasado
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient Greek: κυνηγέσιον, θηρευτική, εὔθηρος
 * Hebrew:
 * Irish: fiach, sealgaireacht, seilg
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: аңшылық
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: лов
 * Malayalam: വേട്ടയാടൽ
 * Maori: whakangaunga
 * Old English: huntoþ
 * Old Turkic: 𐰉
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Sardinian:
 * Campidanese: càssa
 * Logudorese: zera, catza
 * Sassarese: catza
 * Southern Sierra Miwok: halki:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili: uwindo
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil:
 * Tocharian B: werke
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: شِکار


 * French:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:, חיפוש
 * Irish: lorgaireacht
 * Italian:
 * Maori: rapunga, rapurapunga, kimihanga
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,

Etymology 2
From, alteration of earlier , , , present participle of , equivalent to.