search+thoroughly
61rake — 1. noun /ɹeɪk/ a) A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting grass or debris, or for loosening soil. Jim has had a rake of trouble with his new car. b) a lot, plenty. The train was formed of a locomotive …
62delve — 1. verb /dɛlv/ a) To dig the ground, especially with a shovel. I got a spade from the tool house, and began to delve with all my might it scraped the coffin; I fell to work with my hands; the wood commenced cracking about the screws; I was on the …
63geondsécan — irreg wv/t1b 3rd pres geondsécð past geondsóhte ptp geondsóht to search thoroughly; pervade …
64scour — [13] The notion of ‘cleaning’ implicit in scour evolved from an earlier ‘take care of’. For the word goes back ultimately to Latin cūrāre (source of English cure), which originally meant ‘take care of’, and only in medieval times came to mean… …
65probe — {{11}}probe (n.) early 15c., instrument for exploring wounds, etc., also an examination, from M.L. proba examination, in L.L. test, proof, from L. probare (see PROVE (Cf. prove)). Meaning act of probing is 1890, from the verb; figurative sense of …
66comb — kəʊm n. toothed object used to arrange hair; fowl s fleshy crest; honeycomb; narrow valley v. arrange with a comb (of hair); groom a horse; search thoroughly …
67combed — adj. arranged with a comb, groomed kəʊm n. toothed object used to arrange hair; fowl s fleshy crest; honeycomb; narrow valley v. arrange with a comb (of hair); groom a horse; search thoroughly …
68combing — n. drawing a comb through, grooming; thorough searching kəʊm n. toothed object used to arrange hair; fowl s fleshy crest; honeycomb; narrow valley v. arrange with a comb (of hair); groom a horse; search thoroughly …
69combs — kəʊm n. toothed object used to arrange hair; fowl s fleshy crest; honeycomb; narrow valley v. arrange with a comb (of hair); groom a horse; search thoroughly …
70ransack — verb 1》 go hurriedly through (a place) stealing things and causing damage. 2》 search thoroughly or destructively. Derivatives ransacker noun Origin ME: from ON rannsaka, from rann house + a second element related to sœkja seek …
