search

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To look in (a place) for something.
  2. Verb.  (intransitive, followed by "for") To look thoroughly.
  3. Verb.  (transitive, now) To look for, seek.
  4. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) To probe or examine (a wound).
  5. Noun.  An attempt to find something.
  6. Noun.  The act of searching in general.

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