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"snipe - hunt or shoot snipe 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" fowl - hunt fowl in the forest poach - hunt illegally; "people are poaching elephants for their ivory" 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 hawk - hunt with hawks; "the Arabs like to hawk in the desert" falcon - hunt with falcons; "The Arabs like to falcon in the desert" 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" |