search
verb
[ səːtʃ ]
• try to find something by looking or otherwise seeking carefully and thoroughly.
• "I searched among the rocks, but there was nothing"
Similar:
hunt,
look,
explore,
forage,
fish about,
fish around,
look high and low,
cast about,
cast round,
cast around,
ferret (about),
ferret (around),
root about,
root around,
rummage about,
rummage around,
seek,
scout out,
pursue,
search
noun
• an act of searching for someone or something.
• "the police carried out a thorough search of the premises"
Similar:
hunt,
look,
exploration,
scout,
probe,
dig,
digging,
forage,
foraging,
scavenge,
scavenging,
ferreting (about),
ferreting (around),
rummage,
rummaging about,
rummaging around,
rooting about,
rooting around,
rifling,
scouring,
quest,
pursuit of,
seeking after,
searching for,
hunting for,
after,
seeking,
looking for,
on the lookout for,
in quest of,
in pursuit of,
on the track of,
questing after,
chasing after,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French cerchier (verb), from late Latin circare ‘go round’, from Latin circus ‘circle’.
