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    [Verb]  | "search" | \ ˈsərch \


    1: to look into or over carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something: such as

    2: to examine in seeking something

    3: to look through or explore by inspecting possible places of concealment or investigating suspicious circumstances

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English cerchen, from Anglo-French cercher, sercher to travel about, investigate, search, from Late Latin circare to go about, from Latin circum round about {mat|circum-|};

    [Noun]  | "self-search*ing" | \ ˌself-ˈsər-chiŋ \


    1: self-questioning

    Origin: 1612 ;

    [Noun]  | "soul-search*ing" | \ ˈsōl-ˌsər-chiŋ \


    1: examination of one's conscience especially with regard to motives and values

    Origin: 1924 ;

    [Noun]  | "strip search" 


    1: a search for something concealed on a person made after removal of the person's clothing

    Origin: 1947 ;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "search out" 


    1: to find (someone or something) by carefully looking

    [Verb]  | "searching" 


    1: to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something;


      * e.g., " ... archaeologists have begun to search the southern end of the valley, where they believe the underground tombs are located "



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    2: to go into or range over for purposes of discovery;


      * e.g., " ... the Spanish conquistadors searched vast areas of the Southwest in their quest for the fabled cities of gold "



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    [Verb]  | "search" 


    1: to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something;


      * e.g., " ... archaeologists have begun to search the southern end of the valley, where they believe the underground tombs are located "



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    2: to go into or range over for purposes of discovery;


      * e.g., " ... the Spanish conquistadors searched vast areas of the Southwest in their quest for the fabled cities of gold "



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    [Verb]  | "search (for or out)" 


    1: to go in search of;


      * e.g., " ... every year major league scouts crisscross the country to search for young players with promising talent "



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    [Verb]  | "searching (for)" 


    [Noun]  | "self-searching" 


    1: examination of one's own thoughts and feelings;


      * e.g., " ... the author seems to use poetry as a medium for her restless self-searching "



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    [Noun]  | "soul-searching" 


    1: examination of one's own thoughts and feelings;


      * e.g., " ... after much soul-searching, they both realized that their marriage was essentially over "



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     [ "searching" ]

    1: Looking up information in the internet.

      * e.g.,  ... She was just searching for random pictures of Nicolas Cage. 

     [ "search" ]

    1: The button you just clicked to find this definition... duh???

     [ "Search" ]

    1: What you just did

      * e.g.,  ... im going to search up what search means 

     [ "search" ]

    1: What you shouldn't have clicked.

      * e.g.,  ... Stop wasting your time and search for a better definition. 

     [ "search" ]

    1: seek.

      * e.g.,  ... Seek 

     [ "search" ]

    1: an endless conquest for something more than you have.

      * e.g.,  ... i am on an endless search for love 

     [ "search" ]

    1: The button that you click on that is usu. to the right of a text box.. sometimes says Look up on the other side.

      * e.g.,  ... I typed search, and clicked search, and then wrote this... 

     [ "searches" ]

    1: Adjective (non-plural). To describe someone who is good at chess. Derived from the expression "Sir Chess".

      * e.g.,  ... "Hey, you're pretty good!" 

     [ "I-Search" ]

    1: A dreadful year long research project on any subject of your choice given to 8th children at Palms Middle School in Los Angeles. Requires 1 full length book, 2 business letter replies, 2 interviews, 2 news paper articles, 2 magazine articles, 2 creative sources, and A LOT more, just too much to remember. It's horrible and ruins the whole school year and requires many all nighters. 560 points total. Its horriibbllleee

      * e.g.,  ... Guy1: "Hey what are you doing for your I-Search?" Guy2: "I'm doing mine on In n Out Burgers" Guy1: " HAHAHA what the hell?!?. How are you gonna find a book and magazine and newspaper stuff for that?" Guy2: "SHIT!!!! WHAt?!? now she decides to tell we need all of that. But it doesn't matter, Im Asian." 

     [ "Search history" ]

    1: something you clear after your parents are about to check it for reasons

      * e.g.,  ... Don't check my search history mom! I never cleared the -porn- off it 

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