Definition of search

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Search (v. t.) To inquire after; to look for; to seek.

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Screw :: Screw (n.) An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor..
Elude :: Elude (v. t.) To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow..
Scrutation :: Scrutation (n.) Search; scrutiny.
Search :: Search (v. t.) The act of seeking or looking for something; quest; inquiry; pursuit for finding something; examination.
Unsearchable :: Unsearchable (a.) Not searchable; inscrutable; hidden; mysterious.
Turnstone :: Turnstone (n.) Any species of limicoline birds of the genera Strepsilas and Arenaria, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and European species (Strepsilas interpres). They are so called from their habit of turning up small stones in search of mollusks and other aquatic animals. Called also brant bird, sand runner, sea quail, sea lark, sparkback, and skirlcrake..
Buscon :: Buscon (n.) One who searches for ores; a prospector.
Examine :: Examine (v. t.) To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection of particulars for the purpose of obtaining a fuller insight into the subject of examination, as a material substance, a fact, a reason, a cause, the truth of a statement; to inquire or search into; to explore; as, to examine a mineral; to examine a ship to know whether she is seaworthy; to examine a proposition, theory, or question..
Wrecker :: Wrecker (n.) One who searches fro, or works upon, the wrecks of vessels, etc. Specifically: (a) One who visits a wreck for the purpose of plunder. (b) One who is employed in saving property or lives from a wrecked vessel, or in saving the vessel; as, the wreckers of Key West..
Investigator :: Investigator (n.) One who searches diligently into a subject.
Elaborate :: Elaborate (a.) Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research..
Search :: Search (v. t.) To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city..
Urinator :: Urinator (n.) One who dives under water in search of something, as for pearls; a diver..
Sea King :: Sea king () One of the leaders among the Norsemen who passed their lives in roving the seas in search of plunder and adventures; a Norse pirate chief. See the Note under Viking.
Searcher :: Searcher (n.) Formerly, an officer in London appointed to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death..
Wader :: Wader (n.) Any long-legged bird that wades in the water in search of food, especially any species of limicoline or grallatorial birds; -- called also wading bird. See Illust. g, under Aves..
Imperscrutable :: Imperscrutable (a.) Not capable of being searched out; inscrutable.
Perquisition :: Perquisition (n.) A thorough inquiry of search.
Subtile :: Subtile (a.) Acute; piercing; searching.
Prier :: Prier (n.) One who pries; one who inquires narrowly and searches, or is inquisitive..
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