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look around collapse: look about oneself; "look around to see whether you can find the missing document"

explore collapse: examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes; examine minutely; travel to or penetrate into; "explore unknown territory in biology"

search collapse: an investigation seeking answers; "a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing"; "the outcome justified the search"; boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas; "right of search"; the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone; the examination of alternative hypotheses; "his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful"; an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property; "they wrote a program to do a table lookup"; 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"; subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"; search or seek; "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!"

hunt collapse: the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport; the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts; an instance of searching for something; "the hunt for submarines"; an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport; British writer who defended the romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859); United States architect (1827-1895); Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910); 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"; search (an area) for prey; "The King used to hunt these forests"; seek, search for; "She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them"; oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent; "The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency"; yaw back and forth about a flight path; "the plane's nose yawed"; chase away, with as with force; "They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood"

research collapse: systematic investigation to establish facts; inquire into; "the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project"; "He searched for information on his relatives on the web"; "Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness"; attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner; "The student researched the history of that word"

outfight collapse: to fight better than; get the better of; "the Rangers outfought the Maple Leafs"; "The French forces outfought the Germans"

frisk collapse: the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs; "he gave the suspect a quick frisk"; search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets; "The police frisked everyone at the airport"

pry collapse: be nosey; "Don't pry into my personal matters!"; to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock", "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"; make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him"

outclass collapse: cause to appear in a lower class; "The Yankees outclassed Cincinnati"

beat around the bush collapse: be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

scour collapse: a place that is scoured (especially by running water); rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops"; examine minutely; "The police scoured the country for the fugitive"

pulsate collapse: expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"; move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement"

outshine collapse: attract more attention and praise than others; "This film outshone all the others in quality"; shine brighter than; "What star outshines the sun?"

get the better of collapse: win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "She conquered here fear of mice"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"

downbeat collapse: the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward)

burrow collapse: a hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter; move through by or as by digging; "burrow through the forest"

outrun collapse: run faster than; "in this race, I managed to outran everybody else"

palpitate collapse: beat rapidly; "His heart palpitated"; cause to throb or beat rapidly; "Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart"