seats

search /sɜ:tʃ/ v

၁။ (က) ~ (sth) (for sth/sb) ; ~ through/among sth (for sth/sb) ရှာသည်။ We searched for hours but couldn't find the book. ❍ searching in the dark for the light switch (ie feeling for it with one's hands) ❍ She searched through her drawers/among her belongings for the missing photo. ❍ The homes of suspected terrorists are regularly searched by the police. ❍ (computing ) search a database. (ခ) ~ sb (for sth) ရှာသည်။ The police searched her for drugs.
၂။ ~ for sth ; ~ sth (for sth) ရှာသည်။ ဖွေနှည်သည်။ မေးခွန်းထုတ်သည်။ စိစစ်သည်။ philosophers searching for the truth ❍ search for the right words to express one's feelings ❍ I searched my memory, but couldn't remember her name. ❍ Search your conscience and ask if you're not equally to blame. See also SOUL-SEARCHING
n ရှာဖွေခြင်း။ a search for a missing aircraft ❍ carry out/make repeated searches for explosives ❍ the search for knowledge/a compromise ❍ do a search of a database ❍ The search is on (ie has begun) to find Britain's best young cook.
❏ in search of sb/sth [IDM ] ရှာသည်။ ရှာပုံတော်ဖွင့်သည်။ go in search of a cheap hotel ❍ soldiers/athletes in search of glory (ie trying hard to achieve victory or success).
❏ searcher n ရှာဖွေသူ။ a searcher after knowledge.
❏ searching adj စူးစမ်းသော။ စူးစူးစိုက်စိုက် ဖြစ်သော။ a searching question/interview/examination ❍ She gave me a searching look. searchingly adv
❏ search me [IDM ] (infml ) မပြောတတ်ဘူး။ ‘Where's the newspaper?’ ‘Search me, I haven't seen it. ’
❏ search out sth [PHRV ] ရှာဖွေသည် (သို့) ရှာတွေ့သည်။ search out new opportunities ❍ We've searched out some of your favourite recipes.
❏ search-party n [CGp] ရှာဖွေရေး။ ရှာဖွေရေးအဖွဲ့။ send out a search-party.
❏ search warrant n ရှာဖွေအမိန့်။ ရှာဖွေဝရမ်း။