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| Main Entry: |
grub
 [gruhb] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig, uncover |
| Synonyms: | beat, break, burrow, clean, clear, comb, delve, excavate, ferret, fine-tooth-comb, forage, hunt, poke, prepare, probe, pull up, rake, ransack, root, rummage, scour, search, shovel, spade, unearth, uproot |
| Antonyms: | cover, hide |
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| Main Entry: | root |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig and search |
| Synonyms: | burrow, delve, embed, ferret, forage, grub, grub up, hunt, ingrain, lodge, nose, place, poke, pry, rummage |
| Notes: | a rout is a disorderly crowd of people or an overwhelming defeat; a root is the usually underground organ of a plant that lacks buds or leaves or nodes and absorbs water and mineral salts - or the form of a word after all affixes are removed; a route is an established line of travel or access - or a road, course, or way for travel from one place to another |
| Antonyms: | cover |
| Main Entry: | scout |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | investigate, check out |
| Synonyms: | case, examine, explore, ferret, have a look-see, hunt, inspect, look for, observe, probe, reconnoiter, run reconnaissance, rustle up, search, seek, set eyes on, spot, spy, stake out, survey, take in, track down, watch |
| Antonyms: | ignore, overlook, shun |
Example Sentences
- Those are the kinds of areas of risk that auditors are trained to ferret out.
- The same place that gave the world the atomic bomb has now found a way to ferret out illicit nuclear material.
- His efforts to ferret out the plotting he knows is afoot but can't foil make for hilarious skylarking.
| Main Entry: | search |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seek to find something |
| Synonyms: | beat, beat about, cast about, chase after, check, comb, examine, explore, ferret, forage, frisk, go in quest of, go over with a fine-tooth comb, go through, grope, grub, gun for, hunt, hunt for, inquire, inspect, investigate, leave no stone unturned, look, look for, look high and low, look over, poke into, probe, prospect, pry, quest, rake, ransack, rifle through, root, rummage, run down, scan, scour, scout, scrutinize, seek, shake down, sift, smell around, study, track down, turn inside out, turn upside down |
| Antonyms: | find |
| Main Entry: | snoop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who noses around |
| Synonyms: | busybody, butt-in, detective, eavesdropper, ferret, gumshoe, meddler, peeping Tom, pragmatist, pry, pryer, quidnunc, rubberneck, scout, sleuth, snooper |
| Main Entry: | unearth |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig up |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, bring to light, catch on, delve, determine, discover, disinter, dredge up, excavate, exhibit, exhume, expose, ferret, find, find out, hear, hit upon, learn, reveal, root, see, see the light, show, spark, spotlight*, strike, stumble on, turn up, unbury, uncover, uproot |
| Antonyms: | bury |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | snoop |
| Synonyms: | busybody, butt-in, detective, eavesdropper, ferret, gumshoe, meddler, peeping Tom, pragmatist, pry, pryer, quidnunc, rubberneck, scout, sleuth, snooper |
| Main Entry: | snooper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | snoop |
| Synonyms: | busybody, butt-in, detective, eavesdropper, ferret, gumshoe, meddler, peeping Tom, pragmatist, prier, pry, pryer, quidnunc, rubberneck, scout, sleuth |
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