search

About 54.44 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An attempt to find something.

   With only five minutes until we were meant to leave, the search for the keys started in earnest.

2. noun The act of searching in general.

   Search is a hard problem for computers to solve efficiently.

3. verb To look in (a place) for something.

   I searched the garden for the keys and found them in the vegetable patch.

4. verb To look thoroughly.

   The police are searching for evidence in his flat.

5. verb To look for, seek.
6. verb To put a phrase into a search engine, especially one besides Google.

   I searched "Paris Hilton" and found lots of unflattering stories.

7. verb To probe or examine (a wound).
8. verb To examine; to try; to put to the test.

Similar words

seek look for explore lookup research look hunting hunt seeking seeker

Often followed by

for of and the engine is engines in was

Word family

searce searcer searchability searchable searched searcher searchers searches searching searchingly