SLEUTHING

detection, detecting, detective work, sleuthing

(noun) a police investigation to determine the perpetrator; “detection is hard on the feet”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

sleuthing

present participle of sleuth

Noun

sleuthing (plural sleuthings)

detective work

Source: Wiktionary


SLEUTH

Sleuth, n. Etym: [Icel. sloedh. See Slot a track.]

Definition: The track of man or beast as followed by the scent. [Scot.] Halliwell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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29 April 2024

SUBDUCTION

(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate


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