search
play
bid
questful
fish
hunt
have a look
run down
finder
hunt down
lick
crack
fist
seek out
grabble
searcher
root out
look around
look round
dismask
trawling
quest
seeking
lash
seeker
quester
pursuance
fumble
search mission
gaffle
wonderment
run to earth
ferret out
eureka moment
look after
Sherlock
sighting
searchingly
beagle
look
seek and ye shall find
find
toothcomb
finding
hunter
glaum
cast about
nutcracker
pass
peer
try
stab
root about
chance upon
seek
adiagnostic
unearthing
tracingly
look for
poke around
questward
co-discoverer
location
poke about
fine-tooth comb
scout out
Scooby-Doo
bash
get
pry
hint
quarry
waysider
enigmatic
locater
tracer
hot
identification
strike
newfind
go for
discovering
mislocate
summit
loss
feel
locate
hunting
questful
adiagnostic
enigmatic
hot
searchingly
tracingly
questward
search
play
bid
fish
hunt
finder
lick
crack
fist
searcher
trawling
quest
seeking
lash
seeker
quester
pursuance
search mission
wonderment
eureka moment
sighting
finding
hunter
nutcracker
pass
try
stab
unearthing
co-discoverer
location
Scooby-Doo
bash
pry
hint
quarry
waysider
locater
tracer
identification
strike
newfind
find
discovering
loss
hunting
have a look
run down
hunt down
seek out
grabble
root out
look around
look round
dismask
fumble
gaffle
run to earth
ferret out
look after
quest
Sherlock
beagle
look
find
toothcomb
search
hunt
glaum
cast about
peer
root about
chance upon
seek
look for
poke around
poke about
fine-tooth comb
scout out
get
go for
mislocate
feel
locate
noun
- an attempt to get something
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- a state in which action is feasible
- utilization or exercise
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- the removal of constraints
- a weak and tremulous light
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- movement or space for movement
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
verb
- participate in games or sport
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- play on an instrument
- play a role or part
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- replay (as a melody)
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- bet or wager (money)
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- emit recorded sound
- perform on a certain location
- put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- behave in a certain way
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- use to one's advantage
- consider not very seriously
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- perform on a stage or theater
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- make bets
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- use or move
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
noun
- An instance of seeking something.
- A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.
- A bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player).
- A woman.
- The thirty-fourth Lenormand card.
- A new (usually vulnerable) prisoner.
- A male homosexual; a gay man.
- An easy victim for swindling.
- A torpedo (self-propelled explosive device).
- Superclass Osteichthyes, bony fish.
- Class Myxini, the hagfish (no vertebra)
- A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
- A purchase used to fish the anchor.
- The flesh of the fish used as food.
- Class Petromyzontida, the lampreys (no jaw)
- Cod; codfish.
- Class Chondrichthyes, cartilaginous fish such as sharks and rays
- A period of time spent fishing.
- A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.
verb
- To repair (a spar or mast) by fastening a beam or other long object (often called a fish) over the damaged part (see Noun above).
- To use as bait when fishing.
- To hoist the flukes of.
- To search (a body of water) for something other than fish.
- To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something, or seek to obtain something by artifice.
- To (attempt to) find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects.
- Of a batsman, to attempt to hit a ball outside off stump and miss it.
- To hunt fish or other aquatic animals in a body of water.
noun
- an instance of searching for something
- the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
- an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
- the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
- the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
verb
verb
- To find something or someone after searching for a long time.
- To chase till the object pursued is captured or exhausted.
- To describe in the form of a rundown, a rough outline or summary.
- To reduce the size or stock levels of a business, often with a view to closure.
- To run against and sink, as a vessel.
- To read quickly a list or other short text.
- To lose power slowly. Used for a machine, battery, or other powered device.
- To decline in quality or condition.
- To crush; to overthrow; to overbear.
- To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.
- To criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly.
noun
- An attempt at something.
- A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream.
- An instance of earning money fast, usually by illegal means, thus a heist, drug deal etc.; mostly used in phrasal verbs: hit a lick, hit licks
- A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue.
- The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue.
- A place where animals lick minerals from the ground.
- The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick.
- A small amount; a whit.
- A short motif.
- A stroke or blow.
- A rate of speed. (Always qualified by good, fair, or a similar adjective.)
- An act of cunnilingus.
verb
noun
- An attempt at something.
- A sharp, resounding blow.
- The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
- A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
- Vagina.
- The space between the buttocks.
- A narrow opening.
- Any sharp sound.
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
- A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
- a meaningful chat.
- Something good-tasting or habit-forming.
- Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
- Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
- The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
- Business; events; news.
- Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
verb
- To change rapidly in register.
- To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
- To form cracks.
- To make a cracking sound.
- To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
- To make a crack or cracks in.
- To make a sharply humorous comment.
- To open slightly.
- To overcome a security system or component.
- To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
- To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
- To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
- To strike forcefully.
- To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.
- To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
- To tell (a joke).
- To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
- To solve a difficult problem.
- To cause to make a sharp sound.
- To realize that one is transgender.
- To barely reach, attain to (a measurement, extent).
- To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
adj
noun
- An attempt at something.
- The pointing hand symbol ☞.
- The act of breaking wind; fise.
- A puffball.
- The characteristic signaling rhythm of an individual telegraph or CW operator when sending Morse code.
- A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward.
- The talons of a bird of prey.
- A person's characteristic handwriting.
- A group of men.
verb
verb
- To search with one's hands and fingers; to attempt to grasp something.
- To attempt to grab; to grasp at (something).
- To catch fish by reaching into the water with one's hand.
- To pull, lift or dig (something) (out of the ground) by searching with one's hands and fingers.
- To utter inarticulate sounds, often quickly and loudly; to say (something) quickly, idly or foolishly.
- To touch (someone) with one's hands or fingers, sometimes in a sexual way.
- To pick (something or someone) up hastily, roughly or clumsily.
noun
- One who searches.
- An officer in London appointed to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death.
- An officer who apprehended idlers on the street during church hours in Scotland.
- A customs officer responsible for searching ships, merchandise, luggage, etc.
- An inspector of leather.
- A sieve or strainer.
- An instrument for examining the bore of a cannon, to detect cavities.
- An implement for sampling butter.
- An instrument for feeling after calculi in the bladder, etc.
noun
- An attempt; a go at something.
- The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
- A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish.
- A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
- In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
- A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.
- A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
- Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
adj
verb
- To utter censure or sarcastic language.
- To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
- To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
- To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
- Used in phrasal verbs: lash back, lash out.
- To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
- To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
- To ply the whip; to strike.
- To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
verb
- To search for, to try to find.
- As a transitive verb, often in the imperative; chiefly takes relative clause as direct object.
- To make sure of, to see to.
- To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it.
- To give an appearance of being.
- To express or manifest by a look.
- To face or present a view.
- To expect or anticipate.
- As an intransitive verb, often with "at".
- To appear, to seem.
intj
noun
verb
- To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
- To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that.
- To successfully pass to or shoot the ball into.
- To discover game.
- To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.
- To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.
- To determine or judge.
- To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
- To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
- Locate on behalf of another
- To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
- To point out.
noun
verb
noun
noun
- An attempt.
- A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
- Success in an examination or similar test.
- Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
- An intentional walk.
- The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.
- A sexual advance.
- A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
- A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission
- The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
- A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
- A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.
- A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
- The act of overtaking; an overtaking manoeuvre.
- The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
- An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
- A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
- A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
- A thrust; a sally of wit.
- An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
verb
- To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another.
- To depart, to cease, to come to an end.
- To spend.
- To go from one person to another.
- To put through a sieve.
- To be tolerated as a substitute for something else, to "do".
- To reject; to pass up.
- To happen.
- In turn-based games, to decline to play in one's turn.
- To proceed without hindrance or opposition.
- To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
- To utter; to pronounce; to pledge.
- To die.
- To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance.
- In euchre, to decline to make the trump.
- To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.
- To put in circulation; to give currency to.
- To live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer.
- To decline something that is offered or available.
- To move or be moved from one place to another.
- To change from one state to another (without the implication of progression).
- To continue.
- To elapse, to be spent.
- To progress from one state to another; to advance.
- To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance.
- To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just.
- To move (the ball or puck) to a teammate.
- To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force.
- To go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.
- To eliminate (something) from the body by natural processes.
- To be accepted by others as a member of a race, sex, or other group to which one does not belong or would not have originally appeared to belong; especially to be considered white although one has black ancestry, or a woman although one was assigned male at birth or vice versa.
- To make a lunge or swipe.
- To throw the ball, generally downfield, towards a teammate.
- To decline or not attempt to answer a question.
- To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to become valid or effective; to obtain the formal sanction of (a legislative body).
- To make a judgment on or upon a person or case.
- To achieve a successful outcome from.
- To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past.
noun
- An attempt.
- A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
- A move that almost solves a chess problem, except that Black has a unique defense.
- An act of tasting or sampling.
- A field goal or extra point
verb
- To test someone's patience.
- To put on trial.
- To want
- To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
- To put to test.
- To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
- To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
- To receive an imminent attack; to take.
- To attempt to determine (by experiment or effort).
- To work on something with one's best effort and focus.
- To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.
- To attempt to conceive a child.
- To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
- To taste, sample, etc.
- To have or gain knowledge of by experience.
- To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.
noun
- An attempt.
- The horizontal or vertical stabilizer of an aircraft.
- A wound made by stabbing.
- An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
- Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.
- Criticism.
- A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition.
- A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire.
verb
- To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.
- To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
- To thrust in a stabbing motion.
- To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster.
- To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at).
- To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire.
- To recklessly hit with the tip of a (usually pointed) object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at).
adv
noun
- An act of locating.
- An administrative region in Kenya, below counties and subcounties, and further divided into sublocations.
- The marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the place or site of, a piece of land, according to the description given in an entry, plan, map, etc
- A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire.
- A particular point or place in physical space.
- An apartheid-era urban area populated by non-white people; township.
- A leasing on rent.
noun
name
- An American cartoon franchise, named for one of the main characters, a large dog, and featuring as protagonists four "meddling" teenagers who unravel seemingly supernatural mysteries.
- The cartoon dog from that cartoon, noted for his trouble-causing lack of sense and almost understandable vocalization.
verb
- To find as an answer.
- To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
- To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
- To cause to become; to bring about.
- To kill.
- To receive.
- To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).
- To getter.
- To obtain; to acquire.
- To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
- To begin (doing something or to do something).
- To have. See usage notes.
- To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).
- To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
- To cause to do.
- To fetch, bring, take.
- To become, or cause oneself to become.
- To understand. (compare get it)
- To catch out, trick successfully.
- To hear completely; catch.
- To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
- Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
- To go, to leave; to scram.
- To become ill with or catch (a disease).
- To measure.
- To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
- To perplex, stump.
- To cause to come or go or move.
noun
noun
- An act of prying; a close and curious look.
- A tool for levering; a crowbar, a lever.
- A person who is very inquisitive or nosy; a busybody, a nosey parker.
verb
- To inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy; to snoop.
- To use leverage to open, raise, or widen (something); to prise or prize.
- Usually followed by out (of): to draw out or get (information, etc.) with effort.
- To peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public.
noun
- A clue.
- A small, barely detectable amount.
- An instruction to the database engine as to how a query should be executed, for example whether to use an index or not.
- An implicit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
- Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering; an instance of hinting.
verb
noun
- A person who traces something.
- A device or instrument used to assist in making tracings.
- The act or state of tracking or investigating something.
- A round of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance arranged such that it will burn and produce a visible trail when fired in the dark.
- A compound, element, or isotope used to track the progress or history of a natural process.
- A request to trace the movements of a person or an object, such as a shipment.
adj
- Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.
- Stolen.
- Not covered by funds on account.
- Used to emphasize the short duration or small quantity of something
- Extremely fast or with great speed.
- Sexually aroused; randy.
- Very good, remarkable, exciting.
- Feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.
- Feverish.
- Of great current interest; provoking current debate or controversy.
- Very physically and/or sexually attractive.
- Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).
- Sexual or sexy; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.
- Popular; in demand.
- Easily provoked to anger.
- Uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant.
- Fresh; just released.
- Having or giving off a high temperature.
- Characterized by police presence or activity.
- Spicy, pungent, piquant, as some chilis and other spices are.
- Loud, producing a strong electric signal for the amplifier.
- Extremely attracted to.
- Electrically charged.
- Radioactive.
- Performing strongly; having repeated successes.
verb
adv
noun
- A particular instance of identifying something.
- The combination of identifying (which one, which thing) and validating the identity (proving or confirming it); identifying and authenticating viewed as a unitary concept in cognition.
- A feeling of support, sympathy, understanding, or belonging towards somebody or something.
- A document or documents serving as evidence of a person's identity.
- The act of identifying (i.e., which one, which thing).
- The state of being identified.
noun
- The discovery of a source of something.
- A nibble on the bait by a fish.
- In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
- The strike plate of a door.
- A cancellation postmark.
- An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
- The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
- An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
- A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
- The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
- The act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame.
- An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
- A blow or application of physical force against something.
- A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
- The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth.
- A puddler's stirrer.
verb
- To hit.
- To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
- To create an impression.
- To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
- To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
- To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.
- To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)
- To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.
- To balance (a ledger or account).
- To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).
- To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
- To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.
- To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
- To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
- To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.
- To impress, seem or appear (to).
- To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.
- To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
- To impinge upon.
- To discover a source of something, often a buried raw material such as ore (especially gold) or crude oil.
- To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
- To touch; to act by appulse.
- To manufacture, as by stamping.
- To make and ratify.
- To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
- To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.
- To cause to ignite by friction.
- To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
- To set off on a walk or trip.
- To score a goal.
- To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
- To punish; to afflict; to smite.
- To carry out a violent or illegal action.
- To unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.).
- To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.
noun
verb
- To try for, to attempt to reach.
- To favor, accept; to have a preference for.
- To attack.
- To develop a strong interest in, especially in a sudden manner; to be infatuated with.
- To apply equally to.
- To undertake (an action); to choose an option.
- To suffice to be used for; to serve as.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, for.
noun
noun
- something that is lost
- gradual decline in amount or activity
- the act of losing someone or something
- the disadvantage that results from losing something
- the experience of losing a loved one
- the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue
- military personnel lost by death or capture
- euphemistic expressions for death
verb
- To search by sense of touch.
- To experience an emotion or other mental state.
- To think, believe, or have an impression concerning.
- To be or become aware of.
- To find one's way (literally or figuratively) by touching or using cautious movements.
- To seem (through touch or otherwise).
- To sympathise; to have the sensibilities moved or affected.
- To understand.
- To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.
- To experience an emotion or other mental state about.
- To experience the consequences of.
- To receive information by touch or by any neurons other than those responsible for sight, smell, taste, or hearing.
noun
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