Found 2 items, similar to Sought.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sought seek v 1: try to get or reach; “seek a position”; “seek an education”; “seek happiness” 2: 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, look for] 3: make an effort or attempt; “He tried to shake off his fears”; “The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps”; “The police attempted to stop the thief”; “He sought to improve himself”; “She always seeks to do good in the world” [syn: try, attempt, essay, assay] 4: go to or towards; “a liquid seeks its own level” 5: inquire for; “seek directions from a local” [also: sought] seek n : the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk [also: sought] sought adj 1: that is looked for; “the long sought relatives” 2: being searched for; “the most sought-after item was the silver candelabrum” [syn: sought-after(a)] sought See seek
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sought Seek \Seek\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sought; p. pr. & vb. n. Seeking.] [OE. seken, AS. s[=e]can, s[=e]cean; akin to OS. s[=o]kian, LG. s["o]ken, D. zoeken, OHG. suohhan, G. suchen, Icel. s[ae]kja, Sw. s["o]ka, Dan. s["o]ge, Goth. s[=o]kjan, and E. sake. Cf. Beseech, Ransack, Sagacious, Sake, Soc.] 1. To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to find. [1913 Webster] The man saked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he said, I seek my brethren. --Gen. xxxvii. 15, 16. [1913 Webster] 2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech. [1913 Webster] Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. --Luke xi. 16. [1913 Webster] 3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life. [1913 Webster] 4. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to. [1913 Webster] Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal. --Amos v. 5. [1913 Webster] Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Sought \Sought\, imp. & p. p. of Seek. [1913 Webster]