n. 25B6; verb
I searched for the key in my handbag : HUNT, look, seek, forage, fish about/around, look high and low, cast about/around, ferret about/around, root about/around, rummage about/around; Brit. informal rootle about/around.
he searched the house thoroughly : LOOK THROUGH, hunt through, explore, scour, rifle through, go through, sift through, comb, go through with a fine-tooth comb; turn upside down, turn inside out, leave no stone unturned in; Austral./NZ informal fossick through.
the guards searched him for weapons : EXAMINE, inspect, check, frisk.
25B6; noun we continued our search for a hotel : HUNT, look, quest; pursuit.
25A0; in search of SEARCHING FOR, hunting for, seeking, looking for, on the lookout for, in pursuit of.
25A0; search me! (informal) I DON'T KNOW, how should I know?, it's a mystery, I haven't a clue, I haven't the least idea, I've no idea; informal dunno, don't ask me, I haven't the faintest/foggiest (idea/notion), it beats me, ask me another.