fouiller — meaning in English
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English meaning
- delve verb To search thoroughly into something, especially information or a topic, in order to learn more.
- forage verb To search for food, especially in the wild.
- frisk verb To search someone by running your hands over their body and clothing, usually checking for hidden items.
- pry verb To inquire into someone else's private affairs in a nosy or unwelcome way.
- rake noun A garden tool with a row of teeth on a long handle, used to gather leaves or debris or to smooth soil.
- ransack verb To search a place thoroughly and roughly, often leaving it in disorder.
- research noun Careful, systematic study of a subject to discover or confirm facts.
- rummage verb To search through something messily, moving things aside carelessly.
- scan verb To look over something quickly, often searching for particular information.
- search verb To look carefully in order to find someone or something.
Senses
fouiller is used for these senses in English:
- delve (ambitransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out
- forage To rummage.
- frisk (transitive) To search (someone) by feeling their body and clothing.
- rake (ambitransitive, figurative) To search through (thoroughly).
- 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.
- research (intransitive) To make an extensive investigation into.
- scan (transitive) To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely. [from 16th C.]
delve — full definition
- verb To search thoroughly into something, especially information or a topic, in order to learn more.
- verb To dig into the ground.
forage — full definition
- verb To search for food, especially in the wild.
- noun Food gathered for livestock, such as hay or grazed grass.