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seeking
(mass) | seeking
- hľadajúci |
seeking
(encz) | seeking,hledající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
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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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 |
seeking
(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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seeking
(mass) | seeking
- hľadajúci |
heat-seeking missile
(encz) | heat-seeking missile, n: |
north-seeking pole
(encz) | north-seeking pole, n: |
rent seeking
(encz) | rent seeking,vyhledávání renty [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
seeking
(encz) | seeking,hledající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
self-seeking
(encz) | self-seeking, |
south-seeking pole
(encz) | south-seeking pole, n: |
status seeking
(encz) | status seeking, n: |
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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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) |
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] |
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-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}] |
seeking
(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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fiber-seeking backhoe
(jargon) | fiber-seeking backhoe
[common among backbone ISP personnel] Any of a genus of large, disruptive
machines which routinely cut critical backbone links, creating Internet
outages and packet over air problems.
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