Explore

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Explore \Ex*plore"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Explored}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Exploring}.] [L. explorare to explore; ex out+plorare
     to cry out aloud,prob. orig., to cause to flow; perh. akin to
     E. flow: cf. F. explorer.]
     1. To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to
        look wisely and carefully for. [Obs.]


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              Explores the lost, the wandering sheep directs.
                                                    --Pope.
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     2. To search through or into; to penetrate or range over for
        discovery; to examine thoroughly; as, to explore new
        countries or seas; to explore the depths of science.
        "Hidden frauds [to] explore." --Dryden.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  explore
       v 1: inquire into [syn: {research}, {search}]
       2: travel to or penetrate into; "explore unknown territory in
          biology"
       3: examine minutely
       4: examine (organs etc.) for diagnostic purposes

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "explore":
     beat the bushes, burrow, delve, delve into, dig, dig into, examine,
     fathom, forage, frisk, go into, go through, hunt, indagate,
     inquire into, inspect, investigate, look around, look into,
     look round, look through, nose around, observe, peer into, plumb,
     poke, poke around, poke into, probe, prospect, pry, pry into,
     quarry, question, research, review, root, scrutinize, search,
     search into, search through, sift, smell around, sound, study,
     survey, test, tour, travel, traverse, try