search
When used as a verb, remember that "search" can be used in two different ways. If you are looking for something, you search the place (e.g., "search the room"). If you want to specify what you are looking for, you must use the word "for" (e.g., "search for the keys"). As a noun, "search" is usually countable. You can have "a search" or "many searches." In modern technology, "search" is commonly used to describe looking for information on the internet using a search engine.
💬Casual Conversation
🎬Tuesday afternoon, Leo is in his room gaming while David is in the home office.
David Smith
I'm doing a deep-dive search for your charger. Where's it at?
Leo Smith
it's literally right there. stop capping.
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David attempts to sound professional and 'techy' by using the corporate term 'deep-dive' to describe simply looking for a cable. Leo responds with 'capping', a Gen Z slang term meaning 'lying', showing his cynical attitude toward his father's dramatic phrasing.
Meanings
verb (transitive)
To examine a place, person, or object carefully to find something hidden or lost.
"The police began to search the building for evidence."