search

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.

2. 2transitive verb

   To inquire after; to look for; to seek.

3. 3transitive verb

   To examine or explore by feeling with an instrument; to probe; as, to search a wound.

4. 4transitive verb

   To examine; to try; to put to the test.

5. 5intransitive verb

   To seek; to look for something; to make inquiry, exploration, or examination; to hunt.

6. 6transitive verb

   The act of seeking or looking for something; quest; inquiry; pursuit for finding something; examination.

7. 7noun

   an investigation seeking answers

   "a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing"

   "the outcome justified the search"

8. 8noun

   boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas

   "right of search"

9. 9noun

   the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

   Synonyms

   hunthunting
10. 10noun

    the examination of alternative hypotheses

    "his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful"

11. 11noun

    an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property

    "they wrote a program to do a table lookup"

    Synonyms

    lookup
12. 12verb

    inquire into

    "the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project"

    "He searched for information on his relatives on the web"

    Synonyms

    exploreresearch
13. 13verb

    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"

    Synonyms

    seek
14. 14verb

    subject to a search

    "The police searched the suspect"

    "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"

15. 15verb

    search or seek

    "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"

    "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!"

    Synonyms

    look