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examine
To determine the qualifications, aptitude, or skills of by means of questions or exercises:
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  1. To determine the qualifications, aptitude, or skills of by means of questions or exercises:
  2. To study or analyze:
  3. To look at or into critically or methodically in order to find out the facts, condition, etc. of; investigate; inspect; scrutinize; inquire into
shakedown
A crude, makeshift bed, as a pallet of straw
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  1. A crude, makeshift bed, as a pallet of straw
  2. A test or period of appraisal followed by adjustments to improve efficiency or functioning.
  3. A thorough search of a person or place
pursuit
An occupation, career, interest, etc. to which one devotes time and energy
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  1. An occupation, career, interest, etc. to which one devotes time and energy
  2. The act of striving to gain or accomplish something:
  3. The act of pursuing.
exploration
The act or an instance of exploring:
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  1. The act or an instance of exploring:
  2. An exploring or being explored
quest
Any journey or undertaking in pursuit of a typically lofty or noble goal
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  1. Any journey or undertaking in pursuit of a typically lofty or noble goal
  2. An expedition undertaken in medieval romance by a knight in order to perform a prescribed feat:
  3. The act or an instance of seeking or pursuing something; a search.
research
(Uncountable) Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc.; laborious or continued search after truth.
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  1. (Uncountable) Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc.; laborious or continued search after truth.
  2. Careful, systematic, patient study and investigation in some field of knowledge, undertaken to discover or establish facts or principles
  3. (Countable) A particular instance or piece of research.
explore
To look into closely; examine carefully; investigate
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  1. To look into closely; examine carefully; investigate
  2. To search into or travel in for the purpose of discovery:
  3. To travel in (a region previously unknown or little known) in order to learn about its natural features, inhabitants, etc.
rummage
To discover by searching thoroughly.
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  1. To discover by searching thoroughly.
  2. To search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged.
  3. (Intransitive) To hastily search for something in a confined space and among many items by carelessly turning things over or pushing things aside.
comb
To roll over; break
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  1. To roll over; break
  2. To move through or pass across with a raking action:
  3. To search thoroughly; look through:
ransack
(Archaic) To examine carefully; to investigate.
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  1. (Archaic) To examine carefully; to investigate.
  2. To make a vigorous and thorough search of (a place, person) with a view to stealing something, especially when leaving behind a state of disarray.
  3. To loot or pillage. See also sack.
track down
(Idiomatic) To hunt for or locate; to search for; to find.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To hunt for or locate; to search for; to find.
go through
(Literally) To travel from one end of something to the other.
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  1. (Literally) To travel from one end of something to the other.
  2. To examine or scrutinize (a number or series of things), especially in a regular order.
  3. To undergo, suffer, experience.
scrutinize
To audit accounts etc in order to verify them.
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  1. To audit accounts etc in order to verify them.
  2. To examine something with great care.
  3. To look at very carefully; examine closely; inspect minutely
hunt
To make use of (hounds, for example) in pursuing game.
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  1. To make use of (hounds, for example) in pursuing game.
  2. To search eagerly or carefully for; try to find
  3. To go out to kill or catch (game) for food or sport
look
To express by one's looks, or appearance
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  1. To express by one's looks, or appearance
  2. To have an appearance of conformity with:
  3. To seem or appear to be:
quest
To follow the track of game, or to bay in pursuit of game, as hounds do
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  1. To follow the track of game, or to bay in pursuit of game, as hounds do
  2. To go in search
  3. To search for something:
seek
To try to locate or discover; search for:
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  1. To try to locate or discover; search for:
  2. To try to find; search for; look for
  3. To look for someone or something
frisk
To dance or move about in a playful, lively manner; frolic
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  1. To dance or move about in a playful, lively manner; frolic
  2. To move about briskly and playfully; frolic.
  3. To search (a person) for something concealed, especially a weapon, by passing the hands quickly over clothes or through pockets.
inspect
To examine or review (troops, etc.) officially
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  1. To examine or review (troops, etc.) officially
  2. To look at carefully; examine critically, esp. in order to detect flaws or errors
  3. To examine carefully and critically, especially for flaws.
shake down
To search exhaustively.
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  1. To search exhaustively.
  2. (By extension) To get money from someone using threats.
  3. To subject something to a shakedown test.
frisk
An energetic, playful movement; a gambol.
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  1. An energetic, playful movement; a gambol.
  2. To search another for a weapon or contraband.
  3. The search of another for a weapon or contraband. See also search.
quest
In medieval romance, a chivalric journey undertaken by a knight in order to procure or achieve a particular object or end
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  1. In medieval romance, a chivalric journey undertaken by a knight in order to procure or achieve a particular object or end
  2. Any journey or undertaking in pursuit of a typically lofty or noble goal
  3. A seeking; hunt; pursuit
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