1. поиск(и) the search for the missing airmen —- поиски пропавших летчиков the search for (after) truth —- поиски истины the search for (after) happiness —- погоня за счастьем in search of smth. —- в поисках чего-л. in search of health —- пытаясь восстановить здоровье to be in search of employment —- подыскивать себе работу he is in search for an apartment —- он ищет квартиру to set out in search of smth. —- приняться за розыск чего-л. in my search I found... —- в процессе поисков я обнаружил... to make a search for smb., smth. —- разыскивать (искать) кого-л., что-л. to make a useful search among the old newspapers —- не без пользы порыться в старых газетах 2. воен. поиск; поиск экипажа или самолета, совершившего вынужденную посадку 3. воен. поиск цели 4. обыск house-to-house searches —- повальные обыски search warrant —- ордер на обыск right of search —- право обыска судов (в открытом море) 5. досмотр (таможенный и т. п.) 6. ам. расследование; исследование; осмотр 7. редк. пронизывающий холод или ветер 8. информ. (информационный) поиск, перебор вариантов area search —- групповой поиск database search —- поиск в базе данныхх logarithmic search —- двоичный поиск, поиск делением пополам search image —- поисковый образ search space —- область (зона) поиска 9. искать, отыскивать; разыскивать to search for a manuscript —- искать рукопись to search after happiness —-...
after стремиться (к чему-л.) Many people spend years searching after peace of mind. SEARCH me! coll. почем я знаю! SEARCH through искать, отыскивать; рыться (в чем-л.) I spent ten minutes searching through the drawer for the key, and it was in my bag all the time! Police with dogs are searching through the woods for the missing child. SEARCH 1. noun 1) поиски; I am in search of a house - я ищу себе дом; a search for a missing aircraft - поиски пропавшего самолета 2) обыск; right of search leg. - право обыска судов 3) исследование; изыскание 4) attr. поисковый 2. v. 1) искать; разыскивать; to search for a lost girl - разыскивать заблудившуюся девочку; to search after new remedies - разрабатывать новые средства лечения 2) шарить; обыскивать; производить обыск; to search a house - производить обыск в доме; to search ones memory - вспоминать, напрягая память 3) исследовать; to search ones heart - анализировать свои чувства 4) зондировать (рану) 5) проникать; the cold searched his marrow - он продрог до мозга костей - search after - search out - search through - search me! Syn: see hunt SEARCH out разыскать, найти to search out an old friend разыскать старого друга The lawyer searched out the weaknesses in the witnesss statement. ...
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. Phrases and idioms 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. Derivatives searchable adj. searcher n. searchingly adv. Etymology: ME f. AF sercher, OF cerchier f. LL circare go round (as CIRCUS) ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
I. verb Etymology: Middle English cerchen, from Anglo-French cercher, sercher to travel about, investigate, ~, from Late Latin circare to go about, from Latin circum round about — more at circum- Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to look into or over carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something: as a. to examine in seeking something ~ed the north field b. to look through or explore by inspecting possible places of concealment or investigating suspicious circumstances c. to read thoroughly ; check; especially to examine a public record or register for information about ~ land titles d. to examine for articles concealed on the person e. to look at as if to discover or penetrate intention or nature 2. to uncover, find, or come to know by inquiry or scrutiny — usually used with out intransitive verb 1. to look or inquire carefully ~ed for the papers 2. to make painstaking investigation or examination • ~able adjective • ~er noun • ~ingly adverb II. noun Date: 15th century 1. a. an act of ~ing a ~ for food go in ~ of help b. an act of boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas in exercise of right of ~ 2. obsolete a party that ~es 3. power or range of penetrating; also a penetrating effect ...
(searches, searching, searched) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you search for something or someone, you look carefully for them. The Turkish security forces have started searching for the missing men... Nonetheless there are signs that both sides may be searching for a compromise. VERB: V for n, V for n 2. If you search a place, you look carefully for something or someone there. Armed troops searched the hospital yesterday... She searched her desk for the necessary information... Relief workers are still searching through collapsed buildings looking for victims. VERB: V n, V n for n, V prep 3. A search is an attempt to find something or someone by looking for them carefully. There was no chance of him being found alive and the search was abandoned... Egypt has said there is no time to lose in the search for a Middle East settlement. N-COUNT: oft N for n 4. If a police officer or someone else in authority searches you, they look carefully to see whether you have something hidden on you. The man took her suitcase from her and then searched her... His first task was to search them for weapons. VERB: V n, V n for n 5. If you search for information on a computer, you give the computer an instruction to find that information. (COMPUTING) You can use a directory service to search for people on the Internet. VERB: V for n • Search is also a noun. He was doing a computer search of local news articles. N-COUNT 6. see also searching, strip-search 7. If you go in search of something or someone, you try to find them. Miserable, and unexpectedly lonely, she went in search of Jean-Paul... The law already denies entry to people in search of better economic opportunities. PHRASE: PHR after v, PHR n 8. You say ‘search me’ when someone asks you a question and you want to emphasize that you do not know the answer. (INFORMAL) CONVENTION c darkgreen]emphasis ...
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~1 n 1 C usually singular an attempt to find someone or something + for (Bad weather is hampering the search for survivors) in search of (=looking for) (Mario went off in search of some matches. | call off a search (=stop looking for someone or something) | carry out a search) (Security guards will be carrying out a search of the premises. | house-to-house search (=one that involves searching every house or building in an area) | strip search (=an official search in which you must take off all of your clothes)) 2 an attempt to find a solution to a problem or an explanation for something (the search for the meaning of life) 3 search and rescue the process of searching for someone who is lost and who may need medical help, for example in the mountains or at sea ~2 v 1 »LOOK FOR« to spend time looking for someone or something (Rescue workers searched all night in the hope of finding more survivors.) + for (a mother bird searching for food) search sth for sth (Detectives are out searching the yard for clues | search through sth (=look for something among papers in a drawer etc) | search in/under/around etc) ("Two beers, please," Patricia ordered, searching in her purse.) 2 »PERSON« to look in someone's pockets, clothes etc in order to find something, especially drugs or weapons (Visitors to the prison are thoroughly searched before they are allowed in.) 3 »SOLUTION/EXPLANATION ETC« to try to find a solution to a problem, an explanation for something etc + for (Scientists are still searching for a cure for the disease.) 4 Search me! spoken used to tell someone that you do not know the answer to a question ("So where's she gone tonight then?" "Search me!") 5 »EXAMINE« to examine something very carefully in order to find something out (Anya searched his face anxiously.) search sth out phr v to find or discover something by searching (We were too tired to search out extra blankets.) ...
hosp. abbr. Screening Elders To Access Referrals Care And Health environ. abbr. Southwestern Endangered Aridland Resource Clearing House ocean sc. abbr. Study of Environmental Arctic Change univ. abbr. Scan, Examine, Act, Review, Connect, And Hunt db. abbr. Search Envisioned As Relation And Class Hierarchizing educ. abbr. Students Excited About Reaching Challenging Heights educ. abbr. Students Experiencing Appropriate Research And Creative Happenings religion abbr. South East Area Rochester Churches For Habitat religion abbr. Seeking Employment And Renewing Christian Hope law abbr. Scan, Examine, Act, Review, Connect, And Hunt law abbr. Sexism Ethnicity Ageism Racism Culturalism And Homophobia gen. bus. abbr. Seek Evaluate Analyze Research Challenge And Hypothesize pos. abbr. Self Employed Arts Related Contractors For Hire ...
- 13c., from O.Fr. cerchier "to search," from L. circare "go about, wander, traverse," from circus "circle." Phrase search me as a verbal shrug of ignorance first recorded 1900. ...