Betydelse av searched på svenska

• 0 past simple and past participle of search

• 1 to look somewhere carefully in order to find something:

  • The police searched the woods for the missing boy.

  • She searched his face for some sign of forgiveness, but it remained expressionless.

  • He searched (in/through) his pockets for some change.

  • I've searched high and low (= everywhere), but I can't find my birth certificate.

  • The detectives searched the house from top to bottom (= all over it), but they found no sign of the stolen goods.

  • figurative She searched her mind/memory for the man's name, but she couldn't remember it.

  • figurative People who are searching after inner peace sometimes turn to religion.

  • Philosophers have searched for millennia but they haven't found the meaning of life.

  • The men were searched for drugs and then released.

  • I searched the internet for the best deal.