searchsearch2 verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]1to spend time looking for someone or somethingsearch forWe searched the whole state for a contractor.
Geophysical methods are widely used in searching for oil.
2COMPUTINGto look for information on a computer or on the Internetseacrch something for somethingI spent my lunch hour searching the Internet for a cheap flight.
You have to wait a few minutes while the software is searching.
Try searching the web using a Subject Directory Service.