Definition of seeks Seeks
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Part of speech
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| seek - the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk | ||
| motion, movement the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" | ||
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| seek - try to get or reach; "seek a position"; "seek an education"; "seek happiness" | ||
| desire, want feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room" | ||
| bid ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons" | ||
| quest seek alms, as for religious purposes | ||
| seek - inquire for; "seek directions from a local" | ||
| request express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" | ||
| seek - go to or towards; "a liquid seeks its own level" | ||
| locomote, travel, move, go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" | ||
| seek - 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" | ||
| search, look for | ||
| dredge, drag remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water | ||
| finger indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments | ||
| grope, fumble fondle for sexual pleasure; "He made some sexual advances at the woman in his office and groped her repeatedly" | ||
| divine search by divining, as if with a rod; "He claimed he could divine underground water" | ||
| surf, browse switch channels, on television | ||
| leave no stone unturned search thoroughly and exhaustively; "The police left no stone unturned in looking for the President's murderer" | ||
| hunt pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods" | ||
| gather conclude from evidence; "I gather you have not done your homework" | ||
| want wish or demand the presence of; "I want you here at noon!" | ||
| scour rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops" | ||
| seek out look for a specific person or thing | ||
| quest after, quest for, go after, pursue go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby" | ||
| fish, angle catch or try to catch fish or shellfish; "I like to go fishing on weekends" | ||
| grub search about busily | ||
| feel be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state; "My cold is gone--I feel fine today"; "She felt tired after the long hike"; "She felt sad after her loss" | ||
| browse, shop eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing" | ||
| seek - 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" | ||
| try, attempt, essay, assay | ||
| act, move behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" | ||
| essay, try out, examine, test, prove, try question closely | ||
| pick up the gauntlet, take a dare be dared to do something and attempt it | ||
| fight, struggle fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!" | ||
| have a go, give it a try make an attempt at something; "I never sat on a horse before but I'll give it a go" | ||
| grope fondle for sexual pleasure; "He made some sexual advances at the woman in his office and groped her repeatedly" | ||
| endeavor, endeavour, strive attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy" | ||
| give it a whirl, give it a try try; "let's give it a whirl!" | ||
| run a risk, take a chance, take chances, adventure, gamble, risk, chance, hazard play games for money | ||
| lay on the line, put on the line, risk expose to a chance of loss or damage; "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"; "Why risk your life?"; "She laid her job on the line when she told the boss that he was wrong" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- seek (a.)
Sick. - seek (v. t.)
To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to find. - seek (v. t.)
To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to bessech. - seek (v. t.)
To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life. - seek (v. t.)
To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to. - seek (v. i.)
To make search or inquiry: to endeavor to make discovery.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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seek
To try to find something.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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seek
sēk, v.t. to go in search of: to look for: to try to find or gain: to ask for: to solicit: to pursue: to consult.—v.i. to make search or inquiry: to try: to use solicitation: (B.) to resort to:—pa.t. and pa.p. sought.—ns. Seek′er, an inquirer: one of a sect in the time of Cromwell: (anat.) tracer; Seek′-no-far′ther, a reddish winter apple; Seek′-sorr′ow (obs.), a self-tormentor.—Sought after, in demand, desired; To seek, to be sought: at a loss, without knowledge or resources, helpless. [A.S. sécan; cf. Dut. zoeken, Ger. suchen.]
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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seek
Seek till you find, and you'll lose no labour.
