'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

Words containing 'Seek'