to be in search of
81search and rescue — noun uncount the process of looking for people who are lost and may need medical treatment, especially after an accident: The search and rescue operation is underway …
82search party — search ,party noun count a group of people that is organized to search for someone who is lost or missing …
83search warrant — search ,warrant noun count an official document that allows the police to search a building …
84search\ one's\ heart — • search one s heart • search one s soul v. phr. formal To study your reasons and acts; try to discover if you have been fair and honest. The teacher searched his heart trying to decide if he had been unfair in failing Tom …
85search\ one's\ soul — • search one s heart • search one s soul v. phr. formal To study your reasons and acts; try to discover if you have been fair and honest. The teacher searched his heart trying to decide if he had been unfair in failing Tom …
86search engine — search engines N COUNT A search engine is a computer program that searches for documents containing a particular word or words on the Internet …
87search party — search parties N COUNT A search party is an organized group of people who are searching for someone who is missing …
88search party — search team, rescue team, group which goes in search of a missing person or a corpse …
89search warrant — search′ war rant n. law a court order authorizing police to search a premises for stolen goods, narcotics, etc • Etymology: 1730–40 …
90search — [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 …
