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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | search, chase |
| Synonyms: | coursing, exploration, field sport, following, frisking, game, hounding, hunting, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, interrogation, investigation, look-see, meddling, probe, prosecution, prying, pursuance, pursuing, pursuit, quest, race, raid, reconnaissance, research, rummage, scrutiny, seeking, sifting, snooping, sporting, steeplechase, study, tracing, trailing |
| Main Entry: | hunt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | look, search for |
| Synonyms: | be on the lookout, cast about, delve, drag, examine, ferret out, fish for, forage, go after, grope, inquire, interrogate, investigate, look all over hell, look high and low, nose around, probe, prowl, quest, question, ransack, rummage, run down, scour, scratch around, search high heaven, seek, sift, trace, trail, try to find, winnow |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | angle for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt to get |
| Synonyms: | aim for, be after, cast about for, connive, conspire, contrive, fish for, hint, hunt, invite, look for, maneuver, plan, plot, scheme, seek, solicit, strive, try for |
| Main Entry: | chase |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pursuit |
| Synonyms: | hunt, hunting, quest, race, venery |
| Antonyms: | escape, retreat |
| Main Entry: | chase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run after, pursue |
| Synonyms: | bird-dog, charge, chivy, course, drive, drive away, expel, follow, go after, hound, hunt, run down, rush, seek, shag, speed, take off after, tear, track, track down, trail |
| Antonyms: | escape, retreat, run away |
| Main Entry: | comb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | search by ransacking |
| Synonyms: | beat, beat the bushes, examine, finecomb, forage, go through with fine-tooth comb, grub, hunt, inspect, investigate, leave no stone unturned, look high and low, probe, rake, ransack, rummage, scour, screen, scrutinize, search high heaven, sift, sweep, turn inside out, turn upside down |
| Main Entry: | course |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flow; run |
| Synonyms: | career, chase, dart, dash, follow, gallop, gush, hasten, hunt, hurry, hustle, pursue, race, rush, scamper, scoot, scurry, speed, spring, stream, surge, tumble |
| Main Entry: | explore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | investigate; survey |
| Synonyms: | analyze, burrow, delve into, dig into, examine, go into, have a look, hunt, inquire into, inspect, leave no stone unturned, look into, probe, prospect, question, reconnoitre, research, scout, scrutinize, search, seek, sift, test, tour, travel, traverse, try, turn inside out |
| Main Entry: | ferret out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | search out |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, be on to, bring to light, chase, chase down, determine, dig out, dig up, dig up, disclose, discover, drive out, elicit, extract, follow, get at, hunt, hunt down, learn, nose out, penetrate, pick up on, pierce, probe, pry, pursue, quest, root out, root out, scout out, search out, seek, smell out, smoke out, smoke out, sniff out, trace, track down, trail, uncover, unearth, worm out |
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