| slovo | definícia |
seek
(mass) | seek
- seek/sought/sought, hľadať |
seek
(encz) | seek,hledání Pavel Machek; Giza |
seek
(encz) | seek,hledat web |
seek
(encz) | seek,pátrat v: Zdeněk Brož |
seek
(encz) | seek,požadovat v: luke |
seek
(encz) | seek,prohledat v: Zdeněk Brož |
seek
(encz) | seek,seek/sought/sought v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
seek
(encz) | seek,usilovat v: luke |
seek
(encz) | seek,žádat Pavel Machek; Giza |
Seek
(gcide) | Seek \Seek\, a.
Sick. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Seek
(gcide) | 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.
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The man saked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he
said, I seek my brethren. --Gen. xxxvii.
15, 16.
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2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
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Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. --Luke
xi. 16.
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3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as,
to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.
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4. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
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Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal. --Amos v. 5.
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Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains.
--Pope.
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Seek
(gcide) | Seek \Seek\, v. i.
To make search or inquiry; to endeavor to make discovery.
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Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. --Isa.
xxxiv. 16.
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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.]
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To seek
Upon a man and do his soul unrest. --Chaucer.
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seek
(wn) | seek
n 1: the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track
on a disk
v 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" [syn: search,
seek, look 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" [syn: try,
seek, attempt, essay, assay]
4: go to or towards; "a liquid seeks its own level"
5: inquire for; "seek directions from a local" |
seek
(foldoc) | seek
seeking
1. To move the head of a disk drive radially,
i.e., to move from one track to another.
2. To wind the tape to a given location.
3. To move the pointer that marks the next byte
to be read from or written to a file.
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hideandseek
(mass) | hide-and-seek
- schovávačka, schovávanka, skrývačka |
seek
(mass) | seek
- seek/sought/sought, hľadať |
seek out
(mass) | seek out
- vyhľadať, vyhľadávať |
seeking
(mass) | seeking
- hľadajúci |
seeks
(mass) | seeks
- hľadá |
selfseeker
(mass) | self-seeker
- sobec |
seek/sought/sought
(msas) | seek/sought/sought
- seek, sought |
seek/sought/sought
(msasasci) | seek/sought/sought
- seek, sought |
heat-seeking missile
(encz) | heat-seeking missile, n: |
hide and go seek
(encz) | hide and go seek, n: |
hide-and-seek
(encz) | hide-and-seek,hra na slepou bábu n: Pinohide-and-seek,slepá bába n: dětská hra Pino |
job seeker
(encz) | job seeker, |
north-seeking pole
(encz) | north-seeking pole, n: |
placeseeker
(encz) | placeseeker, n: |
pleasure seeker
(encz) | pleasure seeker, n: |
rent seeking
(encz) | rent seeking,vyhledávání renty [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
seek
(encz) | seek,hledání Pavel Machek; Gizaseek,hledat webseek,pátrat v: Zdeněk Brožseek,požadovat v: lukeseek,prohledat v: Zdeněk Brožseek,seek/sought/sought v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladseek,usilovat v: lukeseek,žádat Pavel Machek; Giza |
seek out
(encz) | seek out,vyhledat v: Zdeněk Brožseek out,vyhledávat v: Zdeněk Brož |
seek revenge
(encz) | seek revenge, |
seek time
(encz) | seek time, n: |
seeker
(encz) | seeker,hledač n: Zdeněk Brož |
seekers
(encz) | seekers,hledači Zdeněk Brož |
seeking
(encz) | seeking,hledající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
seeks
(encz) | seeks,hledá v: Zdeněk Brož |
self-seeker
(encz) | self-seeker,sobec n: Zdeněk Brož |
self-seeking
(encz) | self-seeking, |
south-seeking pole
(encz) | south-seeking pole, n: |
status seeking
(encz) | status seeking, n: |
track-to-track seek time
(encz) | track-to-track seek time, n: |
research and seeker emulation radar
(czen) | Research and Seeker Emulation Radar,RASER[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
seek/sought/sought
(czen) | seek/sought/sought,seekv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladseek/sought/sought,soughtv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Beseek
(gcide) | Beseek \Be*seek"\, v. t.
To beseech. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Comet- seeker
(gcide) | Comet-finder \Com"et-find`er\, or Comet- seeker \Com"et-
seek`er\, n. (Astron.)
A telescope of low power, having a large field of view, used
for finding comets.
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hide and go seek
(gcide) | hide-and-seek \hide-and-seek\, hide and go seek \hide and go
seek\n.
A game played by children, in which one child (who is "it")
covers his eyes for a short time while the other players
hide, and then the one who is "it" tries to find the others.
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Hide and seek
(gcide) | Hide \Hide\, v. i.
To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be
withdrawn from sight or observation.
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Bred to disguise, in public 'tis you hide. --Pope.
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Hide and seek, a play of children, in which some hide
themselves, and others seek them. --Swift.
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hide-and-seek
(gcide) | hide-and-seek \hide-and-seek\, hide and go seek \hide and go
seek\n.
A game played by children, in which one child (who is "it")
covers his eyes for a short time while the other players
hide, and then the one who is "it" tries to find the others.
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Misseek
(gcide) | Misseek \Mis*seek"\, v. t.
To seek for wrongly. [Obs.]
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Office seeker
(gcide) | Office \Of"fice\, n. [F., fr. L. officium, for opificium; ops
ability, wealth, help + facere to do or make. See Opulent,
Fact.]
1. That which a person does, either voluntarily or by
appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary
duty, or a duty that arises from the relations of man to
man; as, kind offices, pious offices.
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I would I could do a good office between you.
--Shak.
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2. A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by
authority and for a public purpose; a position of trust or
authority; as, an executive or judical office; a municipal
office.
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3. A charge or trust, of a sacred nature, conferred by God
himself; as, the office of a priest under the old
dispensation, and that of the apostles in the new.
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Inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I
magnify mine office. --Rom. xi. 13.
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4. That which is performed, intended, or assigned to be done,
by a particular thing, or that which anything is fitted to
perform; a function; -- answering to duty in intelligent
beings.
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They [the eyes] resign their office and their light.
--Shak.
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Hesperus, whose office is to bring
Twilight upon the earth. --Milton.
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In this experiment the several intervals of the
teeth of the comb do the office of so many prisms.
--Sir I.
Newton.
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5. The place where any kind of business or service for others
is transacted; a building, suite of rooms, or room in
which public officers or workers in any organization
transact business; as, the register's office; a lawyer's
office; the doctor's office; the Mayor's office.
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6. The company or corporation, or persons collectively, whose
place of business is in an office; as, I have notified the
office.
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7. pl. The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics
discharge the duties attached to the service of a house,
as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. [Eng.]
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As for the offices, let them stand at distance.
--Bacon.
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8. (Eccl.) Any service other than that of ordination and the
Mass; any prescribed religious service.
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This morning was read in the church, after the
office was done, the declaration setting forth the
late conspiracy against the king's person. --Evelyn.
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Holy office. Same as Inquisition, n., 3.
Houses of office. Same as def. 7 above. --Chaucer.
Little office (R. C. Ch.), an office recited in honor of
the Virgin Mary.
Office bearer, an officer; one who has a specific office or
duty to perform.
Office copy (Law), an authenticated or certified copy of a
record, from the proper office. See Certified copies,
under Copy. --Abbott.
Office-found (Law), the finding of an inquest of office.
See under Inquest.
Office holder. See Officeholder in the Vocabulary
Office hours. the hours of the day during which business is
transacted at an office[5].
Office seeker. a person who is attempting to get elected to
an elected office, or to get an appointment to an
appointive public office.
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Reseek
(gcide) | Reseek \Re*seek"\ (r?-s?k"), v. t.
To seek again. --J. Barlow.
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Seeker
(gcide) | Seeker \Seek"er\, n.
1. One who seeks; that which is used in seeking or searching.
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2. (Eccl.) One of a small heterogeneous sect of the 17th
century, in Great Britain, who professed to be seeking the
true church, ministry, and sacraments.
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A skeptic [is] ever seeking and never finds, like
our new upstart sect of Seekers. --Bullokar.
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Seekers
(gcide) | Ranter \Rant"er\ (r[a^]nt"[~e]r), n.
1. A noisy talker; a raving declaimer.
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2. (Eccl. Hist.)
(a) One of a religious sect which sprung up in 1645; --
called also Seekers. See Seeker.
(b) One of the Primitive Methodists, who seceded from the
Wesleyan Methodists on the ground of their deficiency
in fervor and zeal; -- so called in contempt.
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Seeking
(gcide) | 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.
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The man saked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he
said, I seek my brethren. --Gen. xxxvii.
15, 16.
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2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
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Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. --Luke
xi. 16.
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3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as,
to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.
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4. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
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Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal. --Amos v. 5.
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Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains.
--Pope.
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Seek-no-further
(gcide) | Seek-no-further \Seek"-no-fur`ther\, n.
A kind of choice winter apple, having a subacid taste; --
formerly called go-no-further.
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Seek-sorrow
(gcide) | Seek-sorrow \Seek"-sor`row\, n.
One who contrives to give himself vexation. [Archaic.] --Sir
P. Sidney.
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Self-seeker
(gcide) | Self-seeker \Self"-seek`er\, n.
One who seeks only his own interest, advantage, or pleasure.
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Self-seeking
(gcide) | Self-seeking \Self"-seek`ing\, a.
Seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfish.
--Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster]Self-seeking \Self"-seek`ing\, n.
The act or habit of seeking one's own interest or happiness;
selfishness.
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To seek
(gcide) | Seek \Seek\, v. i.
To make search or inquiry; to endeavor to make discovery.
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Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. --Isa.
xxxiv. 16.
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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.]
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To seek
Upon a man and do his soul unrest. --Chaucer.
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To seek after
(gcide) | Seek \Seek\, v. i.
To make search or inquiry; to endeavor to make discovery.
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Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. --Isa.
xxxiv. 16.
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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.]
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To seek
Upon a man and do his soul unrest. --Chaucer.
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To seek for
(gcide) | Seek \Seek\, v. i.
To make search or inquiry; to endeavor to make discovery.
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Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. --Isa.
xxxiv. 16.
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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.]
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To seek
Upon a man and do his soul unrest. --Chaucer.
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To seek the life of
(gcide) | Life \Life\ (l[imac]f), n.; pl. Lives (l[imac]vz). [AS.
l[imac]f; akin to D. lijf body, G. leib body, MHG. l[imac]p
life, body, OHG. l[imac]b life, Icel. l[imac]f, life, body,
Sw. lif, Dan. liv, and E. live, v. [root]119. See Live, and
cf. Alive.]
1. The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or
germination, and ends with death; also, the time during
which this state continues; that state of an animal or
plant in which all or any of its organs are capable of
performing all or any of their functions; -- used of all
animal and vegetable organisms.
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2. Of human beings: The union of the soul and body; also, the
duration of their union; sometimes, the deathless quality
or existence of the soul; as, man is a creature having an
immortal life.
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She shows a body rather than a life. --Shak.
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3. (Philos.) The potential principle, or force, by which the
organs of animals and plants are started and continued in
the performance of their several and cooperative
functions; the vital force, whether regarded as physical
or spiritual.
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4. Figuratively: The potential or animating principle, also,
the period of duration, of anything that is conceived of
as resembling a natural organism in structure or
functions; as, the life of a state, a machine, or a book;
authority is the life of government.
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5. A certain way or manner of living with respect to
conditions, circumstances, character, conduct, occupation,
etc.; hence, human affairs; also, lives, considered
collectively, as a distinct class or type; as, low life; a
good or evil life; the life of Indians, or of miners.
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That which before us lies in daily life. --Milton.
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By experience of life abroad in the world. --Ascham.
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Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime. --Longfellow.
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'T is from high life high characters are drawn.
--Pope
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6. Animation; spirit; vivacity; vigor; energy.
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No notion of life and fire in fancy and in words.
--Felton.
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That gives thy gestures grace and life.
--Wordsworth.
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7. That which imparts or excites spirit or vigor; that upon
which enjoyment or success depends; as, he was the life of
the company, or of the enterprise.
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8. The living or actual form, person, thing, or state; as, a
picture or a description from, the life.
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9. A person; a living being, usually a human being; as, many
lives were sacrificed.
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10. The system of animal nature; animals in general, or
considered collectively.
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Full nature swarms with life. --Thomson.
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11. An essential constituent of life, esp: the blood.
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The words that I speak unto you . . . they are
life. --John vi. 63.
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The warm life came issuing through the wound.
--Pope
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12. A history of the acts and events of a life; a biography;
as, Johnson wrote the life of Milton.
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13. Enjoyment in the right use of the powers; especially, a
spiritual existence; happiness in the favor of God;
heavenly felicity.
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14. Something dear to one as one's existence; a darling; --
used as a term of endearment.
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Note: Life forms the first part of many compounds, for the
most part of obvious meaning; as, life-giving,
life-sustaining, etc.
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Life annuity, an annuity payable during one's life.
Life arrow, Life rocket, Life shot, an arrow, rocket,
or shot, for carrying an attached line to a vessel in
distress in order to save life.
Life assurance. See Life insurance, below.
Life buoy. See Buoy.
Life car, a water-tight boat or box, traveling on a line
from a wrecked vessel to the shore. In it person are
hauled through the waves and surf.
Life drop, a drop of vital blood. --Byron.
Life estate (Law), an estate which is held during the term
of some certain person's life, but does not pass by
inheritance.
Life everlasting (Bot.), a plant with white or yellow
persistent scales about the heads of the flowers, as
Antennaria, and Gnaphalium; cudweed.
Life of an execution (Law), the period when an execution is
in force, or before it expires.
Life guard. (Mil.) See under Guard.
Life insurance, the act or system of insuring against
death; a contract by which the insurer undertakes, in
consideration of the payment of a premium (usually at
stated periods), to pay a stipulated sum in the event of
the death of the insured or of a third person in whose
life the insured has an interest.
Life interest, an estate or interest which lasts during
one's life, or the life of another person, but does not
pass by inheritance.
Life land (Law), land held by lease for the term of a life
or lives.
Life line.
(a) (Naut.) A line along any part of a vessel for the
security of sailors.
(b) A line attached to a life boat, or to any life saving
apparatus, to be grasped by a person in the water.
Life rate, rate of premium for insuring a life.
Life rent, the rent of a life estate; rent or property to
which one is entitled during one's life.
Life school, a school for artists in which they model,
paint, or draw from living models.
Lifetable, a table showing the probability of life at
different ages.
To lose one's life, to die.
To seek the life of, to seek to kill.
To the life, so as closely to resemble the living person or
the subject; as, the portrait was drawn to the life.
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(gcide) | Seek \Seek\, v. i.
To make search or inquiry; to endeavor to make discovery.
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Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. --Isa.
xxxiv. 16.
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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.]
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To seek
Upon a man and do his soul unrest. --Chaucer.
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To seek upon
(gcide) | Seek \Seek\, v. i.
To make search or inquiry; to endeavor to make discovery.
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Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. --Isa.
xxxiv. 16.
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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.]
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To seek
Upon a man and do his soul unrest. --Chaucer.
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Upseek
(gcide) | Upseek \Up*seek"\, v. i.
To seek or strain upward. "Upseeking eyes suffused with . . .
tears." --Southey.
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heat-seeking missile
(wn) | heat-seeking missile
n 1: a missile with a guidance system that directs it toward
targets emitting infrared radiation (as the emissions of a
jet engine) |
hide and go seek
(wn) | hide and go seek
n 1: a game in which a child covers his eyes while the other
players hide then tries to find them [syn: hide-and-seek,
hide and go seek] |
hide-and-seek
(wn) | hide-and-seek
n 1: a game in which a child covers his eyes while the other
players hide then tries to find them [syn: hide-and-seek,
hide and go seek] |
north-seeking pole
(wn) | north-seeking pole
n 1: the pole of a magnet that points toward the north when the
magnet is suspended freely [syn: positive pole, {positive
magnetic pole}, north-seeking pole] |
placeseeker
(wn) | placeseeker
n 1: a disparaging term for an appointee [syn: placeman,
placeseeker] |
pleasure seeker
(wn) | pleasure seeker
n 1: someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures [syn:
hedonist, pagan, pleasure seeker] |
seek
(wn) | seek
n 1: the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track
on a disk
v 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" [syn: search,
seek, look 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" [syn: try,
seek, attempt, essay, assay]
4: go to or towards; "a liquid seeks its own level"
5: inquire for; "seek directions from a local" |
seek out
(wn) | seek out
v 1: look for a specific person or thing |
seek time
(wn) | seek time
n 1: (computer science) the time it takes for a read/write head
to move to a specific data track |
seeker
(wn) | seeker
n 1: someone making a search or inquiry; "they are seekers after
truth" [syn: seeker, searcher, quester]
2: a missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward
some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves) |
seeking
(wn) | seeking
n 1: the act of searching for something; "a quest for diamonds"
[syn: quest, seeking]
2: an attempt to acquire or gain something |
self-seeker
(wn) | self-seeker
n 1: a person who places expediency above principle [syn:
opportunist, self-seeker] |
self-seeking
(wn) | self-seeking
adj 1: interested only in yourself [syn: self-serving, {self-
seeking}]
n 1: taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the
consequences for others [syn: opportunism, {self-
interest}, self-seeking, expedience] |
south-seeking pole
(wn) | south-seeking pole
n 1: the pole of a magnet that points toward the south when the
magnet is suspended freely [syn: negative magnetic pole,
negative pole, south-seeking pole] |
status seeking
(wn) | status seeking
n 1: a drive to acquire power [syn: power hunger, {status
seeking}] |
track-to-track seek time
(wn) | track-to-track seek time
n 1: (computer science) the time it takes for a read/write head
to move to an adjacent data track |
average seek time
(foldoc) | average seek time
The mean time it takes to move the head of a
disk drive from one track to another, averaged over the
source and destination cylinders. Usually measured in
milliseconds (ms).
The average seek time gives a good measure of the speed of the
drive in a multi-user environment where successive read/write
request are largely uncorrelated.
Ten ms is common for a hard disk and 200 ms for an
eight-speed CD-ROM.
(2007-03-16)
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