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/sɝt͡ʃ/ verb B1- To look in (a place) for something. · I searched the garden for the keys and found them in the vegetable patch.
- To look thoroughly. · The police are searching for evidence in his flat.
- To put a phrase into a search engine, especially one besides Google. · I searched "Paris Hilton" and found lots of unflattering stories.
Plural search · He/she/it searches · Past searched · Past participle searched · -ing form searching
Verb forms
- Base form
- search
- He/she/it
- searches
- Past
- searched
- Past participle
- searched
- -ing form
- searching
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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So she went in search of her hedgehog.
Marilla went to her room and made a thorough search, not only over the bureau but in every other place she thought the brooch might possibly be.
Marilla went to her room at intervals all through the evening and searched for the brooch, without finding it.
When they left the high road for the lane to Hunsford, every eye was in search of the Parsonage, and every turning expected to bring it in view.
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