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Adjective: pursuing  purs'(y)ooing
  1. Following in order to overtake or capture or as accompaniment to such pursuit
    "the fox fled from the pursuing hounds"; "listened for the hounds' pursuing bark"
Verb: pursue  pur's(y)oo
  1. Carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
    "She pursued many activities"
    - prosecute, engage
     
  2. Follow in or as if in pursuit
    "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"
    - follow
     
  3. Go in search of or hunt for
    "pursue a hobby"
    - quest for, go after, quest after
     
  4. Carry further or advance
    - follow up on, act on

See also: following, pursuance, pursuant, pursued, pursuer, pursuit

Type of: act, go, locomote, look for, move, oppose, react, search, seek, travel