searched Definition

search
verb searches, searched, searching

tr & intr
1. To explore something thoroughly in order to try to find someone or something.

Example: searched the wardrobe for his pink shirt
Thesaurus: explore, seek, comb, check, examine, inquire, investigate, probe, ransack, scour.
2. To check the clothing or body of someone for concealed objects.

Example: Everyone is searched before entering the building
3. To examine closely or scrutinize.

Example: search one's conscience
4. To probe eg by thorough questioning.
5. To ransack.

noun

1. An act of searching.

Thesaurus: quest, hunt, pursuit, inquiry, inspection, scrutiny, research, investigation.

Idiom: in search of someone or something

Searching for it.

Idiom: search me

colloq
I've no idea; I don't know.

Etymology: 15c: from French cerchier, from Latin circare to go around.

Phrasal Verb: search something out

To uncover it after a thorough check or exploration.