# searching

Pronunciation: say "SUR-ching" US /ˈsɜɹt͡ʃɪŋ/, UK /ˈsɜːtʃɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle of search. — present participle and gerund of search
   - Simple: Present participle of search. Use this form for an action happening right now.
   - _Rescue teams are searching the mountainside for survivors._
   - _Searching through a box of old letters, she found a photograph._

## Adjective

2. Examining something closely and penetratingly, often in a probing or severe way.
   - Simple: Looking at something very closely and deeply, often in a hard or serious way.
   - _The panel put several searching questions to the candidate about his record._
   - _Under her searching gaze, he began to fidget and look away._
3. Thorough; carried out completely and carefully, leaving nothing unexamined.
   - Simple: Done in a careful and complete way, leaving nothing out.
   - _The committee conducted a searching review of the company's finances._
   - _A searching inspection of the factory revealed several safety violations._

## Noun

4. An act or instance of looking or hunting for someone or something.
   - Simple: The act of looking carefully for someone or something.
   - _His restless spiritual searchings took him from one monastery to another across three continents._
   - _A long searching through the archives finally turned up the missing deed._

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