'Seek' definitions:
Definition of 'seek'
From: WordNet
noun
The movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk
verb
Try to get or reach; "seek a position"; "seek an education"; "seek happiness"
verb
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" [syn: search, seek, look for]
verb
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" [syn: try, seek, attempt, essay, assay]
verb
Go to or towards; "a liquid seeks its own level"
verb
Inquire for; "seek directions from a local"
Definition of 'Seek'
From: GCIDE
- Seek \Seek\, a. Sick. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Seek'
From: GCIDE
- Seek \Seek\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sought; p. pr. & vb. n. Seeking.] [OE. seken, AS. s[=e]can, s[=e]cean; akin to OS. s[=o]kian, LG. s["o]ken, D. zoeken, OHG. suohhan, G. suchen, Icel. saekja, Sw. s["o]ka, Dan. s["o]ge, Goth. s[=o]kjan, and E. sake. Cf. Beseech, Ransack, Sagacious, Sake, Soc.]
- 1. To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to find. [1913 Webster]
- The man saked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he said, I seek my brethren. --Gen. xxxvii.
- 15, 16. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech. [1913 Webster]
- Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. --Luke xi. 16. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to. [1913 Webster]
- Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal. --Amos v. 5. [1913 Webster]
- Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Seek'
From: GCIDE
- Seek \Seek\, v. i. To make search or inquiry; to endeavor to make discovery. [1913 Webster]
- Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. --Isa. xxxiv. 16. [1913 Webster]
- To seek, needing to seek or search; hence, unprepared. "Unpracticed, unprepared, and still to seek." --Milton. [Obs.]
- To seek after, to make pursuit of; to attempt to find or take.
- To seek for, to endeavor to find.
- To seek to, to apply to; to resort to; to court. [Obs.] "All the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom." --1 Kings x. 24.
- To seek upon, to make strict inquiry after; to follow up; to persecute. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- To seek Upon a man and do his soul unrest. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'seek'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- address,
- aim,
- angle for,
- ask for,
- aspire,
- be after,
- be curious,
- be determined,
- beat about for,
- beg,
- bid for,
- burn with curiosity,
- canvass,
- cast about,
- chase,
- chivy,
- court,
- delve,
- delve for,
- demand,
- dig,
- dig around for,
- dig for,
- dig up,
- dog,
- endeavor,
- essay,
- ferret out,
- fish,
- fish for,
- follow,
- follow up,
- gape,
- gawk,
- give chase,
- go after,
- go gunning for,
- gun for,
- hollo after,
- hope,
- hound,
- hunt,
- hunt for,
- hunt up,
- inquire,
- interrogate,
- invite,
- labor,
- look,
- look for,
- look up,
- make after,
- mouse,
- nose,
- nose around for,
- nose out,
- peer,
- pop the question,
- prosecute,
- prowl after,
- pursue,
- query,
- quest,
- quest after,
- question,
- quiz,
- raise the hunt,
- request,
- resolve,
- root,
- rubber,
- rubberneck,
- run after,
- search,
- search for,
- search out,
- see to,
- seek for,
- seek out,
- smell,
- solicit,
- stare,
- still-hunt,
- strain,
- strive,
- struggle,
- study,
- sue,
- sue for,
- sweat,
- sweat blood,
- take out after,
- try,
- try to find,
- undertake,
- want to know,
- woo
Words containing 'Seek'
- Seeking,
- To seek,
- To seek after,
- To seek for,
- To seek to,
- seek out,
- Hide and seek,
- Seek-no-further,
- To seek the life of,
- To seek upon,
- pleasure seeking,
- seek time,
- status seeking,
- Seek-sorrow,
- Self-seeking,
- hide and go seek,
- hide-and-seek,
- heat-seeking missile,
- north-seeking pole,
- south-seeking pole,
- track-to-track seek time