Dream Dictionary

Search

To dream that you are searching for something, signifies the need to find something that is missing or needed in your life. You may be searching for a solution to a problem.

Dictionary definition

  • n. 1: the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone [syn: search, hunt, hunting]
  • 2: an investigation seeking answers; "a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing"; "the outcome justified the search"
  • 3: an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property; "they wrote a program to do a table lookup" [syn: search, lookup]
  • 4: the examination of alternative hypotheses; "his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful"
  • 5: boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas; "right of search"
  • v. 1: try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county" [syn: search, seek, look for]
  • 2: search or seek; "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!" [syn: search, look]
  • 3: inquire into; "the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project"; "He searched for information on his relatives on the web"; "Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness" [syn: research, search, explore]
  • 4: subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"