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[surch] 
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter. |
| 2. | to look at or examine (a person, object, etc.) carefully in order to find something concealed: He searched the vase for signs of a crack. The police searched the suspect for weapons. |
| 3. | to explore or examine in order to discover: They searched the hills for gold. |
| 4. | to look at, read, or examine (a record, writing, collection, repository, etc.) for information: to search a property title; He searched the courthouse for a record of the deed to the land. |
| 5. | to look at or beneath the superficial aspects of to discover a motive, reaction, feeling, basic truth, etc.: He searched her face for a clue to her true feelings. |
| 6. | to look into, question, or scrutinize: She searched her conscience. |
| 7. | (of natural elements) to pierce or penetrate: The sunlight searched the room's dark corners. |
| 8. | to uncover or find by examination or exploration (often fol. by out): to search out all the facts. |
| 9. | Military. to fire artillery over (an area) with successive changes in gun elevation. |
| 10. | Computers. to examine (one or more files, as databases or texts) electronically, to locate specified items. |
–verb (used without object)
| 11. | to inquire, investigate, examine, or seek; conduct an examination or investigation. |
–noun
—Idiom| 12. | an act or instance of searching; careful examination or investigation. |
| 13. | the practice, on the part of naval officers of a belligerent nation, of boarding and examining a suspected neutral vessel at sea in order to ascertain its true nationality and determine if it is carrying contraband: the right of visit and search. |
| 14. | search me, I don't know: Why has it taken so long to reach a decision? Search me. |
Origin:
1300–50; (v.) ME serchen, cerchen (< AF sercher) < OF cerchier < LL circāre to go around, deriv. of L circus circle; (n.) ME serche < AF serche, OF cerche, deriv. of cerchier
1300–50; (v.) ME serchen, cerchen (< AF sercher) < OF cerchier < LL circāre to go around, deriv. of L circus circle; (n.) ME serche < AF serche, OF cerche, deriv. of cerchier
Related forms:
search⋅a⋅ble, adjective
search⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
searcher, noun
Synonyms:
1. investigate. 2. inspect. 12. inspection, scrutiny.
1. investigate. 2. inspect. 12. inspection, scrutiny.
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| search (sûrch) v. searched, search·ing, search·es v. tr.
To conduct a thorough investigation; seek: were searching for clues. n.
[Middle English serchen, from Anglo-Norman sercher, variant of Old French cerchier, from Latin circāre, to go around, from Latin circus, circle, from Greek krikos, kirkos; see sker-2 in Indo-European roots.] search'a·ble adj., search'er n. |
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Searchable
Search"a*ble\, a. Capable of being searched.
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