Definition of search

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Search (v. t.) The act of seeking or looking for something; quest; inquiry; pursuit for finding something; examination.

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Insearch :: Insearch (v. t.) To make search after; to investigate or examine; to ensearch.
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..
Searcher :: Searcher (n.) An officer of the customs whose business it is to search ships, merchandise, luggage, etc..
Costean :: Costean (v. i.) To search after lodes. See Costeaning.
Hunt :: Hunt (v. t.) To search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow; -- often with out or up; as, to hunt up the facts; to hunt out evidence..
Search :: Search (v. i.) To seek; to look for something; to make inquiry, exploration, or examination; to hunt..
Searcher :: Searcher (n.) An instrument for feeling after calculi in the bladder, etc..
Knight-errant :: Knight-errant (n.) A wandering knight; a knight who traveled in search of adventures, for the purpose of exhibiting military skill, prowess, and generosity..
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..
Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To search through; to scour; to ransack.
Ensearch :: Ensearch (v. t. ) To search for.
Spere :: Spere (v. i.) To search; to pry; to ask; to inquire.
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..
Searched :: Searched (imp. & p. p.) of Searc.
Ranger :: Ranger (n.) A dog that beats the ground in search of game.
Canvass :: Canvass (v. i.) To search thoroughly; to engage in solicitation by traversing a district; as, to canvass for subscriptions or for votes; to canvass for a book, a publisher, or in behalf of a charity; -- commonly followed by for..
Nomad :: Nomad (n.) One of a race or tribe that has no fixed location, but wanders from place to place in search of pasture or game..
Investigator :: Investigator (n.) One who searches diligently into a subject.
Rummage :: Rummage (v. i.) To search a place narrowly.
Imperscrutable :: Imperscrutable (a.) Not capable of being searched out; inscrutable.
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