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  • 91sale — n. selling 1) to make a sale 2) a cash sale 3) for, on sale ( being sold ) (house for sale; the book will be on sale next month) selling at reduced prices 4) to conduct, have, hold, run (colloq.) a sale 5) an annual; clearance; closeout; fire;… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 92scour — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. scrub, abrade, polish, cleanse; search, range. See friction, cleanness, inquiry. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To cleanse] Syn. scrub, cleanse, rub; see clean , wash 1 , 2 . 2. [To search] Syn. seek, look …

    English dictionary for students

  • 93search — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. hunt, seek, look for; explore, examine, penetrate; probe; test. n. quest, pursuit; inquiry, examination, investigation, scrutiny, exploration. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. exploration, quest, research;… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 94room — [OE] The Old English word for ‘room’ was cofa (ancestor of modern English cove ‘sheltered bay’). At that time, room meant simply ‘space’ (as its German relative raum still does). Its modern sense ‘chamber’ did not emerge until the 15th century.… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 95forage — 1. verb Colonel Kendricks sent out a small party to forage for provisions Syn: hunt, search, look, rummage around, ferret, root about/around, nose around/about, scavenge 2. noun 1) forage for the horses Syn: fodder, feed, food …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 96hunt — v 1. chase, give chase, run down or after, make after, pursue, course, Brit. chevy, (in India) shikar, follow close or hot on one s heels; hound, dog, hawk, pigstick; stalk, still hunt, track, trail, follow, shadow, haunt, Inf. tail; track down,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 97hunt — [n] search, chase coursing, exploration, field sport, following, frisking, game, hounding, hunting, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, interrogation, investigation, look see*, meddling, probe, prosecution, prying, pursuance, pursuing, pursuit, quest …

    New thesaurus

  • 98search — [n] seeking to find something chase, examination, exploration, fishing expedition*, frisking*, going over*, hunt, inquest, inquiry, inspection, investigation, legwork*, perquisition, pursual, pursuance, pursuing, pursuit, quest, research, rummage …

    New thesaurus

  • 99room — [OE] The Old English word for ‘room’ was cofa (ancestor of modern English cove ‘sheltered bay’). At that time, room meant simply ‘space’ (as its German relative raum still does). Its modern sense ‘chamber’ did not emerge until the 15th century.… …

    Word origins

  • 100Таможенный Досмотр — (rummage) Осмотр парохода или самолета таможенными чиновниками с целью обнаружения контрабанды, наркотиков и пр. Бизнес. Толковый словарь. М.: ИНФРА М , Издательство Весь Мир . Грэхэм Бетс, Барри Брайндли, С. Уильямс и др. Общая редакция: д.э.н.… …

    Словарь бизнес-терминов