°To look throughout (a place) for something. To try to find something.
"I searched the garden for the keys and found them in the vegetable patch."
°(followed by "for") To look thoroughly.
"The police are searching for evidence in his flat."
noun
"With only five minutes until we were meant to leave, the search for the keys started in earnest."
°The
act of searching in general.
synonyms:
comb, scour, look for, seek