An animal that is hunted or killed, esp. (and now only) by a carnivore for food; the kinds of animal, collectively, that are hunted by a carnivore…

A wild animal, or wild animals collectively; spec. a beast, or beasts, of the chase; a hunted animal or animals; game. Obsolete.

Law. One who has committed felony.

originally in sense A. 1, now always with mixture of sense A. 8 (see beast, n. adj.); also figurative (cf. beast, n. 7b 4).

That which is being pursued in the course of hunting or the chase; a quarry.

collective. (See quot. 1603 at sense.) Now archaic.

Wild animals hunted as game. Also figurative.

The object of pursuit; the hunted animal.

Game for or obtained by hunting; spoil of the chase; also gen. spoil, booty.

An animal pursued or taken by a hunt with hounds, or by hunters using other means.

Game; wildfowl.

Living animals such as are killed for food; a hunter's quarry or prey. wild meat n. originally Scottish game.

a beast of the chase.

beasts of warren, fowls of warren: see quots. 1598 1628.

In extended use: a wild, untamed, or hunted animal.

The hare or other beast coursed. Obsolete.

large animals hunted as game; frequently attributive.

A group or indefinite number of animals; esp. a stock or managed population of game or (now usually) fish.

Living animals such as are killed for food; a hunter's quarry or prey. wild meat n. originally Scottish game.