searching

/หˆsษœหtสƒษชล‹/

IPA: /S ER1 CH IH0 NG/

verb
  1. 1

    To look in (a place) for something.

    โ€œI searched the garden for the keys and found them in the vegetable patch.โ€

  2. 2

    (followed by "for") To look thoroughly.

    โ€œThe police are searching for evidence in his flat.โ€

  3. 3

    To look for, seek.

  4. 4

    To probe or examine (a wound).

  5. 5

    To examine; to try; to put to the test.

noun
  1. 1

    Search; hunt

adjective
  1. 1

    (of an investigation, etc.) Thorough.

  2. 2

    Looking over closely; penetrating; severe.

    โ€œa searching gaze; searching criticismโ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/search, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/searching