search (v)
seek (v)
look for (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 35
def try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
examples The police are searching for clues
They are searching for the missing man in the entire county
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
Outgoing links
Derivationally related form seek → seeking
Derivationally related form search → search; search → searcher
Derivationally related form search → searcher
Hyponym dredge, drag; finger; grope, fumble; divine; browse, surf; leave no stone unturned; hunt; gather; want; scour; seek out; quest for, go after, quest after, pursue; fish, angle; grub; feel; shop, browse
Incoming links
Participle of verb sought → seek
Derivationally related form search → search; searcher → search
Derivationally related form seeking → seek
Derivationally related form searcher → search
Hypernym dredge, drag; finger; grope, fumble; divine; browse, surf; leave no stone unturned; hunt; gather; want; scour; seek out; quest for, go after, quest after, pursue; fish, angle; grub; feel; shop, browse
Also see look → look for

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