Pre-Raphaelite - a painter or writer dedicated to restoring early Renaissance ideals

architect, designer - someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)

author, writer - writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

gild, guild, lodge, club, society, order - a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"

search - the examination of alternative hypotheses; "his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful"

activity - any specific activity; "they avoided all recreational activity"

exploration - a careful systematic search

foraging, forage - the act of searching for food and provisions

frisk, frisking - the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs

looking for, looking - the act of searching visually

manhunt - an organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime)

seeking, quest - the act of searching for something; "a quest for diamonds"

ransacking, rummage - a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion); "he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis"

scouring - moving over territory to search for something; "scouring the entire area revealed nothing"

shakedown - a very thorough search of a person or a place; "a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs"

canned hunt - a hunt for animals that have been raised on game ranches until they are mature enough to be killed for trophy collections

labor, toil, labour - productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

stalking, still hunt, stalk - a hunt for game carried on by stalking or waiting in ambush

birdnesting - hunting for birds' nests to get the eggs

predation - the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey

field sport, outdoor sport - a sport that is played outdoors

blood sport - sport that involves killing animals (especially hunting)

battue - a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter

beagling - hunting rabbits with beagles

coursing - hunting with dogs that are trained to chase game by sight instead of by scent

deer hunt, deer hunting - hunting deer

duck hunting, ducking - hunting ducks

fox hunting, foxhunt - mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox

pigsticking - the sport of hunting wild boar with spears

bag - capture or kill, as in hunting; "bag a few pheasants"

batfowl - catch birds by temporarily blinding them

snare, trammel, trap, ensnare, entrap - catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes"

gin - trap with a snare; "gin game"

snipe - hunt or shoot snipe

whale - hunt for whales

still-hunt, ambush - hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing

turtle - hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation

drive - hunting: chase from cover into more open ground; "drive the game"

drive - hunting: search for game; "drive the forest"

rabbit - hunt rabbits

fowl - hunt fowl in the forest

poach - hunt illegally; "people are poaching elephants for their ivory"

seal - hunt seals

ferret - hunt with ferrets

hunt - search (an area) for prey; "The King used to hunt these forests"

course - hunt with hounds; "He often courses hares"

foxhunt - hunt foxes, on horseback and with dogs

tree - chase a bear up a tree with dogs and kill it

jacklight, jack - hunt with a jacklight

hawk - hunt with hawks; "the Arabs like to hawk in the desert"

falcon - hunt with falcons; "The Arabs like to falcon in the desert"

fowl - hunt fowl

capture, catch - capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap toady"

run - cause an animal to move fast; "run the dogs"

forage, scrounge - collect or look around for (food)

dog, give chase, go after, chase, tail, chase after, trail, track, tag - go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"

ferret - hound or harry relentlessly

drive out, rouse, rout out, force out - force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M."

aeroplane, airplane, plane - an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"

yaw - deviate erratically from a set course; "the yawing motion of the ship"

oscillate, vibrate - move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating"

look for, search, seek - 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"

hunt, hunt down, track down, run - 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"

search, look - search or seek; "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!"