seek

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: searchlook fortryattemptessayassay

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk

Verb (5)

  1. try to get or reach“seek a position”“seek an education”“seek happiness”
  2. 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”Synonyms: searchlook for
  3. 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”Synonyms: tryattemptessayassay
  4. go to or towards“a liquid seeks its own level”
  5. inquire for“seek directions from a local”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Seek \Seek\, a. Sick. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Seek \Seek\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sought; p. pr. & vb. n. Seeking.] [OE. seken, AS. s[=e]can, s[=e]cean; akin to OS. s[=o]kian, LG. s["o]ken, D. zoeken, OHG. suohhan, G. suchen, Icel. saekja, Sw. s["o]ka, Dan. s["o]ge, Goth. s[=o]kjan, 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. [1913 Webster]

The man saked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he said, I seek my brethren.— Gen. xxxvii. 15, 16.[1913 Webster]

2.To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech. [1913 Webster]

Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign.— Luke xi. 16.[1913 Webster]

3.To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life. [1913 Webster]

4.To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to. [1913 Webster]

Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal.— Amos v. 5.[1913 Webster]
Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains.— Pope.[1913 Webster]
Seek \Seek\, v. i. To make search or inquiry; to endeavor to make discovery. [1913 Webster]

Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. --Isa. xxxiv. 16. [1913 Webster]

To seek, needing to seek or search; hence, unprepared. "Unpracticed, unprepared, 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.] [1913 Webster]

To seek Upon a man and do his soul unrest.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

seek seeking

1.<storage> To move the head of a disk drive radially, i.e., to move from one track to another.

2.<storage> To wind the tape to a given location.

3.<programming> To move the pointer that marks the next byte to be read from or written to a file.

(1997-07-15)

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