searcher
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search
(sûrch)v. searched, search·ing, search·es
v. tr.
1. To move around in, go through, or look through in an effort to find something: searched the room for her missing earring; searched the desk for a pen.
2. To make a careful examination or investigation of; probe: search one's conscience for the right thing to do.
3. To seek data matching a word, phrase, or pattern of characters in: searched the internet for information about ostriches.
4. Law To examine (a person or property) for the purpose of discovering evidence of a crime.
v. intr.
1. To search a place or space in order to find something: searched all afternoon for my wallet.
2. To make a careful examination or investigation: searching for the right words to say.
3. To use a search engine or other software to find any data matching a particular pattern.
4. Law To make a search for evidence.
n.
Phrasal Verb: 1. An act of searching.
2. Law The examination of a person or property, as by a law enforcement officer, for the purpose of discovering evidence of a crime.
3. A control mechanism on an audio or video player that rapidly advances or reverses the playing of a recording.
search out
Idiom: To seek to find or come to know by examination: sought out the answer in a history book.
search me Slang
Used by a speaker to indicate that he or she does not have an answer to a question just asked.
[Middle English serchen, from Anglo-Norman sercher, variant of Old French cerchier, from Latin circāre, to go around, from Latin circus, circle, from Greek krikos, kirkos; see sker-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
search′a·ble adj.
search′er n.
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Noun | 1. | searcher - someone making a search or inquiry; "they are seekers after truth" individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" finder - someone who comes upon something after searching gadabout - a restless seeker after amusement or social companionship hunter - a person who searches for something; "a treasure hunter" |
2. | searcher - a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items functionary, official - a worker who holds or is invested with an office | |
3. | searcher - large metallic blue-green beetle that preys on caterpillars; found in North America calosoma - any beetle of the genus Calosoma |
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Translations
باحِث
pátrač
eftersøgningsmandskab
keresõ
rannsakandi; leitarmaîur
pátrač
araştırıcı
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searcher
n (Customs etc) → Durchsuchungsbeamte(r) m, → Durchsuchungsbeamtin f; the searchers (= search party) → die Suchmannschaft f
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search
(səːtʃ) verb1. (often with for) to look for something by careful examination. Have you searched through your pockets thoroughly?; I've been searching for that book for weeks.
2. (of the police etc) to examine, looking for eg stolen goods. He was taken to the police station, searched and questioned.
noun an act of searching. His search did not take long.
ˈsearcher nounˈsearching adjective
trying to find out the truth by careful examination. He gave me a searching look.
ˈsearchingly adverbˈsearchlight noun
a strong light with a beam that can be turned in any direction, used eg to see enemy aeroplanes in the sky.
search party a group of people looking for a missing person. When the climbers failed to return, a search party was sent out.
search warrant a warrant giving legal permission to the police to search a house etc.
in search of searching for. We went in search of a restaurant.
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