seek

seek is a 4-letter English word with 12 senses as adjective, transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Sick. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 8 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Sick.
2. transitive verb. To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to find.
3. transitive verb. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to bessech.
4. transitive verb. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.
5. transitive verb. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
6. intransitive verb. To make search or inquiry: to endeavor to make discovery.
7. noun. the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk
8. verb. inquire for

   "seek directions from a local"

9. verb. 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: search

10. verb. go to or towards

    "a liquid seeks its own level"

11. verb. try to get or reach

    "seek a position"

    "seek an education"

12. verb. make an effort or attempt

    "He tried to shake off his fears"

    "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"

    Synonyms: assay, attempt, essay, try

Synonyms

search, assay, attempt, essay, try

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in seek:

ekes, kees, skee

Common word forms

seeks, seeker, seeking

Words from these letters

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