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search - the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone |
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hunt,
hunting |
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activity any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"
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exploration to travel for the purpose of discovery
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forage,
foraging the act of searching for food and provisions
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frisk,
frisking the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs; "he gave the suspect a quick frisk"
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looking,
looking for the act of searching visually
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manhunt an organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime)
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quest,
seeking the act of searching for something; "a quest for diamonds"
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ransacking,
rummage a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion); "he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis"
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scouring moving over territory to search for something; "scouring the entire area revealed nothing"
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shakedown extortion of money (as by blackmail)
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search - the examination of alternative hypotheses; "his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful" |
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higher cognitive process cognitive processes that presuppose the availability of knowledge and put it to use
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hunt the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
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pursuance,
pursuit,
quest the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion
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search - an investigation seeking answers; "a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing"; "the outcome justified the search" |
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investigating,
investigation the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically
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search - boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas; "right of search" |
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examination,
scrutiny the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
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search - 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" |
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lookup |
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operation the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.); "her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride"
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search - 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" |
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seek |
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drag,
dredge proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged on for two hours"
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finger indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments
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fumble,
grope drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder; "fumble a grounder"
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divine search by divining, as if with a rod; "He claimed he could divine underground water"
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browse,
surf eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"
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leave no stone unturned search thoroughly and exhaustively; "The police left no stone unturned in looking for the President's murderer"
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hunt pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"
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gather conclude from evidence; "I gather you have not done your homework"
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want wish or demand the presence of; "I want you here at noon!"
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scour rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops"
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seek out look for a specific person or thing
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go after,
pursue,
quest after,
quest for follow in or as if in pursuit; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life"
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angle,
fish fish with a hook
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grub search about busily
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feel be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state; "My cold is gone--I feel fine today"; "She felt tired after the long hike"; "She felt sad after her loss"
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browse,
shop eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"
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search - subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys" |
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examine,
see question closely
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raid search for something needed or desired; "Our babysitter raided our refrigerator"
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frisk search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets; "The police frisked everyone at the airport"
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strip-search search (someone) for weapons or drugs by having the person remove their clothes; "He was strip-searched at the airport"
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scan read metrically; "scan verses"
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go,
rifle be abolished or discarded; "These ugly billboards have to go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge"
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rummage search haphazardly; "We rummaged through the drawers"
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comb,
ransack smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool"
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search - search or seek; "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!" |
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look |
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examine,
see question closely
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hunt pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"
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cruise sail or travel about for pleasure, relaxation, or sightseeing; "We were cruising in the Caribbean"
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prospect explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals
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horn in,
intrude,
nose,
poke,
pry thrust oneself in as if by force; "The colors don't intrude on the viewer"
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