search

Speech parts

1. search - Noun

2. search - Verb

3. Search - Proper noun

Meaning

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

To inquire after; to look for; to seek.

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

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

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

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

seek research look for look investigation investigate explore hunt pursuit examine inquiry quest scrutiny scour scrutinize
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Antonyms

guard find cover avoid protect lose
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Hypernyms

see activity operation investigation examination investigate

Hyponyms

fish comb rummage want angle looking

Phrases with the word

in search of reverse image search search me search unemployment organic search marketing search for

Derivatives

searched searching

Anagrams

Arches chaser eschar Sacher arsech Ascher casher Rasche recash Schaer cheras cresha

Examples

Why does man grow spiritually through pain and not through joys and rest? Simply because joy and comfort lead man to be satisfied with the present world. Grief and tribulations lead us to search for a deeper joy, beyond the limits of this life. Seraphim Rose

When men search for God with their bodily eyes they find Him nowhere, for He is invisible. But for those who ponder in the Spirit He is present everywhere. He is in all, yet beyond all. Symeon the New Theologian

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. Albert Camus

Do not search for a calf under an ox. Turkish Proverb

We do not use our bare feet to search for hidden thorns which we have seen in day time. Nigerian Proverb

Search for a needle in the ocean. Thai Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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