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Search Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter. | | 2. | to
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look at or examine (a person, object, etc.) carefully in order to find something concealed: He searched the vase for signs of a crack. The police searched the suspect for weapons. | | 3. | to explore or examine in order to discover: They searched the hills for gold. | | 4. | to look at, read, or examine (a record, writing, collection, repository, etc.) for information: to search a property title; He searched the courthouse for a record of the deed to the land. | | 5. | to look at or beneath the superficial aspects of to discover a motive, reaction, feeling, basic truth, etc.: He searched her face for a clue to her true feelings. | | 6. | to look into, question, or scrutinize: She searched her conscience.
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| | 7. | (of natural elements) to pierce or penetrate: The sunlight searched the room's dark corners. | | 8. | to uncover or find by examination or exploration (often fol. by out): to search out all the facts. | | 9. | Military. to fire artillery over (an area) with successive changes in gun elevation. | | 10. | Computers. to examine (one or more files, as databases or texts) electronically, to locate specified items. | –verb (used without object) | 11. | to inquire, investigate, examine, or seek; conduct an examination or investigation. | –noun | 12. | an act or instance of searching; careful examination or investigation. | | 13. | the practice, on the part of naval officers of a belligerent nation, of boarding and examining a suspected neutral vessel at sea in order to ascertain its true nationality and determine if it is carrying contraband: the right of visit and search. | —Idiom | 14. | search me, I don't know: Why has it taken so long to reach a decision? Search me. | |
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Family Definition–noun | 1. | parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not. | | 2. | the children of one person or one couple collectively: We want a large family. | | 3. | the spouse and children of one person: We're taking the family on vacation next week. | | 4. | any group of persons
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rominent family. | | 5. | all those persons considered as descendants of a common progenitor. | | 6. | Chiefly British. approved lineage, esp. noble, titled, famous, or wealthy ancestry: young men of family. | | 7. | a group of persons who form a household under one head, including parents, children, and servants. | | 8. | the staff, or body of assistants, of an official: the office family. | | 9. | a group of related things or people: the family of romantic poets; the halogen family of elements. | | 10. | a group of people who are generally not blood relations but who share common attitudes, interests, or goals and, frequently, live together: Many hippie communes of the sixties regarded themselves as families. | | 11. | a group of products or product models made by the same manufacturer or producer. | | 12. | Biology. the usual major subdivision of an order or suborder in the classification of plants, animals, fungi, etc., usually consisting of several genera. | | 13. | Slang. a unit of the Mafia or Cosa Nostra operating in one area under a local leader. | | 14. | Linguistics. the largest category into which languages related by common origin can be classified with certainty: Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, and Austronesian are the most widely spoken families of languages. Compare stock (def. 12), subfamily (def. 2). | | 15. | Mathematics. | a. | a given class of solutions of the same basic equation, differing from one another only by the different values assigned to the constants in the equation. | | b. | a class of functions or the like defined by an expression containing a parameter. | | –adjective | 16. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a family: a family trait. | | 17. | belonging to or used by a family: a family automobile; a family room. | | 18. | suitable or appropriate for adults and children: a family amusement park. | | 19. | not containing obscene language: a family newspaper. | —Idiom | 20. | in a or the family way, pregnant. | |
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