I
n.
1) to conduct, make a ~
2) a careful, exhaustive, painstaking, thorough ~
3) a fruitless ~
4) a body; literature ~
5) a ~ for (the ~ for truth)
6) in ~ of
7) ( misc. ) (legal) unwarranted ~ and seizure
II
v.
1) to ~ carefully, thoroughly
2) ( D ; intr. ) to ~ for (to ~ for a lost child)
3) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ through (she ~ed through her purse for the keys)