searh.html - See: IN SEARCH OF.

searh.html - {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."/

searh.html - {v.} To search for and discover; find or learn by hunting. * /The police were trying to search out the real murderer./

searh.html - See: FINE-TOOTH COMB.

searh.html - v. & adj.
--v.

tr.
1 a scorch, esp. with a hot iron; cauterize, brand. b (as searing adj.) scorching, burning (searing pain).
2 cause pain or great anguish to.
3 brown (meat) quickly at a high temperature so that it will retain its juices in cooking.
4 make (one's conscience, feelings, etc.) callous.
5 archaic blast, wither.

--adj.

(also sere) literary (esp. of a plant etc.) withered, dried up. [OE sear (adj.), searian (v.), f. Gmc]

searh.html - v. & n.
--v.

1 tr. look through or go over thoroughly to find something.
2 tr. examine or feel over (a person) to find anything concealed.
3 tr. a probe or penetrate into. b examine or question (one's mind, conscience, etc.) thoroughly.
4 intr. (often foll. by for) make a search or investigation.
5 intr. (as searching adj.) (of an examination) thorough; leaving no loopholes.
6 tr. (foll. by out) look probingly for; seek out.

--n.

1 an act of searching.
2 an investigation.

in search of trying to find. right of search a belligerent's right to stop a neutral vessel and search it for prohibited goods. search me! colloq. I do not know. search-party a group of people organized to look for a lost person or thing. search warrant an official authorization to enter and search a building.

searchable adj. searcher n. searchingly adv. [ME f. AF sercher, OF cerchier f. LL circare go round (as CIRCUS)]