претърсвам — meaning in English

English meaning

• comb noun A flat toothed tool used for untangling, styling, or holding hair in place.
• frisk verb To search someone by running your hands over their body and clothing, usually checking for hidden items.
• ransack verb To search a place thoroughly and roughly, often leaving it in disorder.
• rummage verb To search through something messily, moving things aside carelessly.
• scour verb To clean something thoroughly by rubbing it hard, often with an abrasive.
• search verb To look carefully in order to find someone or something.
• sweep verb To clean a surface by brushing dirt or debris away, usually with a broom.

Senses

претърсвам is used for these senses in English:

• comb (transitive) To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.
• frisk (transitive) To search (someone) by feeling their body and clothing.
• ransack (transitive) To make a vigorous and thorough search of (a place, person) with a view to stealing something, especially when leaving behind a state of disarray.
• rummage (intransitive) To hastily search for something in a confined space and among many items by carelessly turning things over or pushing things aside; dig through carelessly.
• scour (transitive) To search an area thoroughly.
• sweep (transitive) To search (a place) methodically.
• toothcomb (figurative) To search (something) thoroughly.

comb — full definition

1. noun A flat toothed tool used for untangling, styling, or holding hair in place.
2. noun The fleshy red crest on top of a rooster's or hen's head.
3. noun The structure of six-sided wax cells bees build to store honey and raise their young; a honeycomb.
4. verb To groom hair or fur with a comb.
5. verb To search an area thoroughly and systematically.

frisk — full definition

1. verb To search someone by running your hands over their body and clothing, usually checking for hidden items.
2. verb To move about playfully; to skip or leap around.
3. noun The act of searching someone by hand.

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