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| Main Entry: | explore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | investigate; survey |
| Synonyms: | analyze, burrow, examine, go into*, hunt, inspect, look into, probe, prospect, question, research, scout, scrutinize, search, seek, sift, test, tour, travel, traverse, try, delve into, dig into, have a look, inquire into, leave no stone unturned, reconnoitre, turn inside out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | delve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig into task, action |
| Synonyms: | burrow, dig, dredge, examine, excavate, explore, ferret out*, go into, inquire, investigate, look into, probe, prospect, ransack, research, rummage, search, seek, shovel, sift, spade, unearth, gouge out, jump into, leave no stone unturned, really get into, scoop out, trowel, turn inside out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discover |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find, uncover |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, bring to light, catch, come across, come upon, conceive, contrive, debunk, design, detect, determine, devise, discern, disclose, distinguish, elicit, espy, explore, ferret out*, glimpse, hear, identify, invent, learn, locate, look up, notice, observe, originate, perceive, pioneer, realize, recognize, reveal, see, sense, spot, turn up, unearth, dig up, get wind of, get wise to, light upon, nose out*, pick up on, smoke out, think of |
| Notes: | The word discover goes back to Latin dis- and cooperire, meaning 'to remove the covering; completely uncover.' By 1553, it was used to mean 'seeing or gaining knowledge of something previously unknown' and 'finding out; bringing to light.' You discover ('uncover') something that is already there, something that has existed but is generally unknown - but you invent something that has never existed before. |
| Antonyms: | lose, miss, pass by |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dissect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | analyze |
| Synonyms: | decompose, examine, explore, inspect, investigate, resolve, scrutinize, study, anatomize, break down, decompound, inquire about |
| Main Entry: | do |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | travel, visit |
| Synonyms: | cover, explore, journey, tour, track, traverse, look at, pass through, stop in |
| Main Entry: | enquire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask about |
| Synonyms: | analyze, check, examine, explore, go over, inquire, inspect, investigate, look into, probe, pry, query, question, scrutinize, search, seek, seek an answer, want to know |
| Main Entry: | examine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | analyze, test |
| Synonyms: | appraise, assay, audit, canvass, case, check, check out, consider, criticize, explore, eye*, finger*, frisk, go into, go over, go through, gun*, inquire, inspect, investigate, peruse, ponder, probe, prospect, prove, read, reconnoiter, research, review, scan, scope, screen, scrutinize, sift, study, survey, sweep, try, turn over*, view, weigh, winnow*, chew over, delve into, dig into, look over, look see, parse, pat down, pick at, pore over, scrutinate, search into, size up*, take stock of, vet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | experiment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | investigate, test |
| Synonyms: | analyze, assay, diagnose, examine, explore, mess around*, probe, prove, research, sample, scrutinize, search, speculate, study, try, try on, venture, verify, weigh, fool with, futz around, play around with, practice with, put to the test, shake down*, try on for size, try out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | feel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch, stroke |
| Synonyms: | caress, clasp, clutch, explore, finger, fondle, frisk, fumble, grapple, grasp, grip, grope, handle, manipulate, maul, paw, perceive, pinch, ply, poke, press, sense, squeeze, test, tickle, try, wield, apperceive, palm, palpate, run hands over, thumb, twiddle |
| Main Entry: | forage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | search madly for |
| Synonyms: | beat, comb, explore, grub, hunt, pilfer, plunder, raid, rake, ransack, ravage, rummage, scour, scrounge, seek, cast about, fine-tooth-comb |
| Main Entry: | go into |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | investigate |
| Synonyms: | analyze, consider, dig*, discuss, examine, explore, inquire, look into, probe, prospect, pursue, review, scrutinize, sift, study, delve into, dig into |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | go through |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | search |
| Synonyms: | audit, check, examine, explore, hunt, inspect, investigate, look, pass through |
| Main Entry: | grope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | feel about for |
| Synonyms: | examine, explore, finger*, fish*, flounder, fumble, handle, manipulate, poke, pry, root, search, touch, cast about, feel blindly, grabble, scrabble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk for recreation |
| Synonyms: | backpack, explore, hit the road*, hoof*, ramble, rove, stroll, stump, tour, tramp, travel, leg it, tromp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inquire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask; look into |
| Synonyms: | analyze, catechize, examine, explore, go over, grill, hit, inspect, interrogate, investigate, knock, probe, prospect, pry, query, question, roast, scrutinize, search, seek, sift, study, feel out, hit up, request information, seek information, test the waters |
| Antonyms: | answer, respond |
| Main Entry: | investigate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | check into thoroughly |
| Synonyms: | bug, case*, check out, consider, delve, dig, examine, explore, frisk, go into, inquire, inspect, interrogate, look into, poke, probe, prospect, pry, question, read, reconnoiter, research, review, run down, scout, scrutinize, search, sift, spy, study, tap, be all ears, check over, check up, eyeball, feel out, give the once over, inquisite, listen in, look over, look-see, make inquiry, muckrake, nose around, put to the test, stake out, wiretap |
| Antonyms: | ignore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | look into |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | check, research |
| Synonyms: | audit, check out, dig, examine, explore, follow up, go into, inquire, inspect, investigate, probe, prospect, scrutinize, sift, study, delve into, look over, make inquiry |
| Antonyms: | disregard, ignore |
| Main Entry: | operate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perform surgery |
| Synonyms: | amputate, cut, excise, explore, remove, set, transplant, treat, carve up, open up |
| Main Entry: | pioneer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | invent; lay the groundwork |
| Synonyms: | begin, colonize, create, develop, discover, establish, explore, found, initiate, instigate, institute, launch, originate, prepare, spearhead*, start, go out in front, map out, open up, show the way, take the lead, trailblaze |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plumb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | probe, go into |
| Synonyms: | delve, explore, fathom, gauge, measure, penetrate, search, sound, unravel, get to the bottom of, take soundings |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
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