Explore
[ɪk'splɔː;ek-] or [ɪk'splɔr]
Definition
(verb.) examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes.
(verb.) examine minutely.
(verb.) travel to or penetrate into; 'explore unknown territory in biology'.
Checked by Elton--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for.
(v. t.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Examine, scrutinize, investigate, search into, inquire into, pry into.
Checked by Jerome
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See EXAMINE]
Typist: Murray
Definition
v.t. to search for the purpose of discovery: to examine thoroughly.—n. Explorā′tion act of searching thoroughly.—adjs. Explor′ative Explor′atory serving to explore: searching out.—n. Explor′er one who explores.—p.adj. Explor′ing employed in or intended for exploration.
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Examples
- Come, Steerforth, let's explore the polar regions, and have it over. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Can't we go up there, and explore that coast? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- You had better explore to Donwell, replied Mr. Knightley. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Let us now explore the parts which lie behind it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Galileo made many great discoveries and inventions; there was hardly a field of science that he did not enter and explore; but his greatest work was to open a new world to men’s attention. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- They want to explore the sewers, and he's the wizard rat that swims ahead. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- With this we were able to explore the lake and bayou as far as cleared. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I had had this explored before, as well as the east bank below to ascertain if there was a possible point of debarkation north of Rodney. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We explored to King's-Weston twice last summer, in that way, most delightfully, just after their first having the barouche-landau. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Only a small portion of the world has been geologically explored. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Of all the branches of experimental philosophy, electricity had been least explored. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The blacks in charge of the work explored them, taking several of us along to do whatever work there might be occasion for. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Admiral Porter explored this waterway as far as Deer Creek on the 14th of March, and reported it navigable. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But he explored into it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And ready to start with an exploring ship? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- In a little while a swarm of Spanish adventurers were exploring the new lands. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- No more exploring parties to Donwell made for _her_. Jane Austen. Emma.
- With the idea of exploring my prison, I started to look around. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He sat silent, his thick hands clasped on the table, his little puzzled eyes exploring the recesses of the deserted restaurant. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- And such weather for exploring! Jane Austen. Emma.
- One day it was not going very well, and I went down to the man in charge and got exploring around. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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