to be in search of
121search engine — search ,engine noun count * a computer program used for searching for information on the Internet …
122search engine — search mechanism, mechanism on the Internet which allows searching for specific information …
123search high and low for something — search high and low (for (something)) to try very hard to find something. Janet searched high and low, but she couldn t find the kitten and finally had to ask the man …
124search high and low for — search high and low (for (something)) to try very hard to find something. Janet searched high and low, but she couldn t find the kitten and finally had to ask the man …
125search high and low — (for (something)) to try very hard to find something. Janet searched high and low, but she couldn t find the kitten and finally had to ask the man …
126search — vb *seek, scour, hunt, comb, ransack, rummage, ferret out Analogous words: investigate (see corresponding noun at INQUIRY): inspect, examine, *scrutinize: penetrate, pierce, probe (see ENTER) …
127search engine — search′ en gine n. cmp a computer program that searches documents, esp. on the World Wide Web, for a specified word or phrase and provides a list of documents in which this word or phrase is found • Etymology: 1990–95 …
128search engine — ► NOUN Computing ▪ a program for the retrieval of data, files, or documents from a database or network, especially the Internet …