search

v

1. go through, look through, investigate, hunt through, rummage or plow through, scrounge around; explore, examine, frisk; scrutinize, peruse, inspect; sift, sift through, winnow, comb, go through with a finetooth comb; fish for, cast about for; inspect, Inf. give the once-over, peer into, probe into, scour; seek, look for, look up, scout out, dig up or out; track down, follow the trail, seek clues, leave no stone unturned.

2. search me

Slang. I don't know, it's hard to tell, that's a mystery, who knows, don't ask me, how should I know, beats me.

n

3. examination, perusal, inspection; scrutiny, scrutinization; analysis, research, sifting, close look, Inf. once-over, observation, exploration, reconnaissance, reconnoitering, patrol, scouting; hunt, quest, pursuit, chase; tracking, tracking down, looking for, investigation; inquest, inquisition, inquiry, probe, query, questioning