To place side by side or in close proximity.
To place in juxtaposition or proximity.
To place (things) side by side or next to each other.

1. To secure or lock with a bolt.
2. To move or jump suddenly.
3. To make or roll into bolts.
4. To swallow hastily.
Sift. boltel.

To speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion; SYN. talk over.

To speak or write at length.

(Informal) To simplify.

1. To examine for diagnostic purposes, as of organs.
2. To examine minutely.
3. To travel to or penetrate into; of unknown territory, for scientific purposes.

1. To ask a question; to seek for truth or information by putting queries.
2. To seek to learn anything by recourse to the proper means of knoledge; to make examination.

1. To conduct an inquiry of
2. To investigate scientifically:; SYN. look into.

1. To examine physically with or as if with a probe; SYN. dig into, poke into.
2. To question or examine thoroughly and closely; SYN. examine.

1. To make a search (for).
2. To search the trail of, as of game.
3. To go in search of or hunt for; SYN. go after, quest after, pursue.
4. To seek alms, as for religious purposes.

ETYM Pref. re- + search: cf. Old Fren. recerchier, French rechercher.
1. To attempt to find out.
2. To inquire into; SYN. search, explore.

(Alternate spelling: scrutinise).
To examine closely; to inspect or observe with critical attention; to regard narrowly.

1. To search or seek; SYN. look.
2. To subject to a search
3. To try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; SYN. seek, look for.

(Homonym: Sikh).
(Irregular preterit, past participle: sought).
1. To go to or towards.
2. To inquire for.
3. To try to get or reach.

ETYM See Speculation (n.).
1. To indulge in speculations.
2. To invest at a risk; SYN. job.
3. To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; SYN. theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothecate, suppose.

1. To follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; SYN. follow.
2. To make a mark or lines on a surface; SYN. draw, line, outline, describe, delineate.
3. To go back over again, as of a route or steps: we retraced the route we took last summer.; SYN. retrace.