Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Noun
S: (n) seek (the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk)
Verb
S: (v) seek (try to get or reach) "seek a position"; "seek an education"; "seek happiness"
S: (v) search, seek, look for (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"
S: (v) dredge, drag (search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost)
S: (v) finger (search for on the computer) "I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons"
S: (v) grope, fumble (feel about uncertainly or blindly) "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom"
S: (v) divine (search by divining, as if with a rod) "He claimed he could divine underground water"
S: (v) dowse (use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal)
S: (v) browse, surf (look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular) "browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web"
S: (v) leave no stone unturned (search thoroughly and exhaustively) "The police left no stone unturned in looking for the President's murderer"
S: (v) hunt (seek, search for) "She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them"
S: (v) gather (look for (food) in nature) "Our ancestors gathered nuts in the Fall"
S: (v) shell (look for and collect shells by the seashore)
S: (v) want (hunt or look for; want for a particular reason) "Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI"; "Uncle Sam wants you"
S: (v) scour (examine minutely) "The police scoured the country for the fugitive"
S: (v) try, seek, attempt, essay, assay (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"
S: (v) seek (go to or towards) "a liquid seeks its own level"
S: (v) seek (inquire for) "seek directions from a local"