seek
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
seek
n 1: the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track
on a disk
v 1: try to get or reach; "seek a position"; "seek an
education"; "seek happiness"
2: try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence
of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching
for the missing man in the entire county" [syn: {search},
{seek}, {look for}]
3: make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears";
"The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police
attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself";
"She always seeks to do good in the world" [syn: {try},
{seek}, {attempt}, {essay}, {assay}]
4: go to or towards; "a liquid seeks its own level"
5: inquire for; "seek directions from a local"
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Seek \Seek\, v. i.
To make search or inquiry; to endeavor to make discovery.
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Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. --Isa.
xxxiv. 16.
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{To seek}, needing to seek or search; hence, unprepared.
"Unpracticed, unprepared, and still to seek." --Milton.
[Obs.]
{To seek after}, to make pursuit of; to attempt to find or
take.
{To seek for}, to endeavor to find.
{To seek to}, to apply to; to resort to; to court. [Obs.]
"All the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom." --1
Kings x. 24.
{To seek upon}, to make strict inquiry after; to follow up;
to persecute. [Obs.]
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To seek
Upon a man and do his soul unrest. --Chaucer.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Seek \Seek\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sought}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Seeking}.] [OE. seken, AS. s[=e]can, s[=e]cean; akin to OS.
s[=o]kian, LG. s["o]ken, D. zoeken, OHG. suohhan, G. suchen,
Icel. saekja, Sw. s["o]ka, Dan. s["o]ge, Goth. s[=o]kjan, and
E. sake. Cf. {Beseech}, {Ransack}, {Sagacious}, {Sake},
{Soc}.]
1. To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to
find.
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The man saked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he
said, I seek my brethren. --Gen. xxxvii.
15, 16.
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2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
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Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. --Luke
xi. 16.
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3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as,
to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.
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4. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
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Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal. --Amos v. 5.
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Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains.
--Pope.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
97 Moby Thesaurus words for "seek":
address, aim, angle for, ask for, aspire, be after, be curious,
be determined, beat about for, beg, bid for, burn with curiosity,
canvass, cast about, chase, chivy, court, delve, delve for, demand,
dig, dig around for, dig for, dig up, dog, endeavor, essay,
ferret out, fish, fish for, follow, follow up, gape, gawk,
give chase, go after, go gunning for, gun for, hollo after, hope,
hound, hunt, hunt for, hunt up, inquire, interrogate, invite,
labor, look, look for, look up, make after, mouse, nose,
nose around for, nose out, peer, pop the question, prosecute,
prowl after, pursue, query, quest, quest after, question, quiz,
raise the hunt, request, resolve, root, rubber, rubberneck,
run after, search, search for, search out, see to, seek for,
seek out, smell, solicit, stare, still-hunt, strain, strive,
struggle, study, sue, sue for, sweat, sweat blood, take out after,
try, try to find, undertake, want to know, woo
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