search

Meanings

Noun

• An attempt to find something.
• The act of searching in general.

Verb

• To look in (a place) for something.
• To look thoroughly.
• To look for, seek.
• To probe or examine (a wound).
• To examine; to try; to put to the test.

Related

Similar words

• comb, scour
• look for, seek, comb, scour

Origin

• From Middle English serchen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman sercher, Old French cerchier, from Late Latin circō, from Latin circa, circus. Not related to German suchen, which has a similar spelling and is cognate with English seek.