SEEK

seek

(noun) the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk

seek

(verb) inquire for; “seek directions from a local”

search, seek, look for

(verb) try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; “The police are searching for clues”; “They are searching for the missing man in the entire county”

seek

(verb) go to or towards; “a liquid seeks its own level”

seek

(verb) try to get or reach; “seek a position”; “seek an education”; “seek happiness”

try, seek, attempt, essay, assay

(verb) make an effort or attempt; “He tried to shake off his fears”; “The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps”; “The police attempted to stop the thief”; “He sought to improve himself”; “She always seeks to do good in the world”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

seek (third-person singular simple present seeks, present participle seeking, simple past and past participle sought)

(ambitransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for.

(transitive) To ask for; to solicit; to beseech.

(transitive) To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at.

(intransitive, obsolete) To go, move, travel (in a given direction).

(transitive) To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.

(intransitive) To attempt, endeavour, try

(intransitive, computing) To navigate through a stream.

Synonym: scrub

Synonyms

• look for

• search

Noun

seek (plural seeks)

(computing) The operation of navigating through a stream.

Anagrams

• eeks, ekes, kees, seke, skee

Source: Wiktionary

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Seek, a.

Definition: Sick. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Seek, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sought; p. pr. & vb. n. Seeking.] Etym: [OE, seken, AS. s, s; akin to OS. s, LG. söken, D. zoeken, OHG. suohhan, G. suchen, Icel. s, Sw. söka, Dan. söge, Goth. s, and E. sake. Cf. Beseech, Ransack, Sagacious, Sake, Soc.]

1. To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to find. The man saked him, saying, What seekest thou And he said, I seek my brethren. Gen. xxxvii. 15,16.

2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to bessech. Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. Luke xi. 16.

3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.

4. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to. Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal. Amos v. 5. Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains. Pope.

Seek, v. i.

Definition: To make search or inquiry: to endeavor to make discovery. Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. Isa. xxxiv. 16. To seek, needing to seek or search; hence, unpreparated. "Unpracticed, unpreparated, and still to seek." Milton. [Obs] -- To seek after, to make pursuit of; to attempt to find or take.

– To seek for, to endeavor to find.

– To seek to, to apply to; to resort to; to court. [Obs.] "All the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom." 1. Kings x. 24.

– To seek upon, to make strict inquiry after; to follow up; to persecute. [Obs.] To seek Upon a man and do his soul unrest. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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