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- pronunciation:
- suhrch
- parts of speech:
- verb, noun
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
searches, searching, searched |
| definition 1: |
If you search your room for something, you look in many places in your room to find it. If the police search the town to find someone, they look all over the town to find that person.
Victor searched all his drawers for his missing sock, but he couldn't find it.After the teacher sneezed, she searched her pockets for a tissue.- similar words:
- comb, drag, examine, explore, inspect, investigate, sift
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| definition 2: |
When you search for something, you try to find it by looking in many places.
After hours of searching for our cat, we found her under our porch.- synonyms:
- hunt
- similar words:
- explore, investigate, probe
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| related words: |
prospect, research, want |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
A search for a person or thing is an act of looking for them. A search for a pair of scissors is an act of looking in different places to try to find a pair of scissors.
A lot of people from the neighborhood joined the search for the missing dog.- synonyms:
- hunt, look
- similar words:
- quest
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| related words: |
investigation, probe |
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