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Definitions of search
  1. verb
    inquire into
    "the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project" "He searched for information on his relatives on the web"

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  2. noun
    an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property

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  3. noun
    the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

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  4. verb
    search or seek

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  5. verb
    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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  6. noun
    an investigation seeking answers
    "a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing" "the outcome justified the search"
  7. noun
    boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas
    "right of search"
  8. verb
    subject to a search
    "The police searched the suspect" "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"
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  9. noun
    the examination of alternative hypotheses
    "his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful"
Definition that contains search
  • look search or seek
  • search search or seek
  • nose search or inquire in a meddlesome way
  • finger search for on the computer
  • shopping searching for or buying goods or services
  • hunt search (an area) for prey
  • drag search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
  • bust search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
  • divine search by divining, as if with a rod
  • raid search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
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