search

1. v. t. To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city. Source: opted

2. v. t. To inquire after; to look for; to seek. Source: opted

3. v. t. To examine or explore by feeling with an instrument; to probe; as, to search a wound. Source: opted

4. v. t. To examine; to try; to put to the test. Source: opted

5. v. i. To seek; to look for something; to make inquiry, exploration, or examination; to hunt. Source: opted

6. v. t. The act of seeking or looking for something; quest; inquiry; pursuit for finding something; examination. Source: opted

7. n. the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone Source: wordnet

8. n. an investigation seeking answers Source: wordnet

9. n. an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property Source: wordnet

10. n. the examination of alternative hypotheses Source: wordnet

11. n. boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas Source: wordnet

12. v. try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of Source: wordnet

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