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  • 41search — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. hunt, seek, look for; explore, examine, penetrate; probe; test. n. quest, pursuit; inquiry, examination, investigation, scrutiny, exploration. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. exploration, quest, research;… …

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  • 42search — I. v. a. 1. Examine, explore, scrutinize, investigate, overhaul, sift, inspect, look into, search into, pry into, peer into. 2. Inquire after, seek, look for. 3. Probe. 4. Examine, try, test. II. v. n. 1. Seek, look, make search, hunt. 2 …

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  • 43search —    Imi, huli; imina, hulina (nouns).   Also: holi, akiu.    ♦ To search repeatedly, hulihuli, huli hele.    ♦ To search, as for knowledge, noi i, noi ina …

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  • 44Search me. — sent. I don’t know. (There is a heavy stress on both words.) □ TOM: How do crickets make that chirping noise? BILL: Search me. □ You can search me. How should I know? …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 45search — See: IN SEARCH OF …

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  • 46search me — {informal} I don t know; how should I know? May be considered rude. * /When I asked her what time it was, she said, Search me, I have no watch. / …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 47search — See: IN SEARCH OF …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 48search me — {informal} I don t know; how should I know? May be considered rude. * /When I asked her what time it was, she said, Search me, I have no watch. / …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 49SEARCH — Study of Environmental Arctic Change (Academic & Science » Ocean Science) * Supernatural Entity Anomaly Research & Cryptid Hunters (Miscellaneous) * Self Employed Arts Related Contractors For Hire (Business » Positions) * Scan, Examine, Act,… …

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  • 50search — [14] Etymologically, search denotes ‘going round in a circle’ – for its ultimate source is Latin circus ‘circle’ (source of English circle and circus). From this was derived the verb circāre ‘go round’, which by the time it had reached Old French …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins