| pilgrimage |
any trip made to visit a venerated place or person or to seek something important. [1/2 definitions] |
| press1 |
to seek; entreat. [1/16 definitions] |
| prosecute |
to begin or carry on legal action against (a person or group), or to seek enforcement of (a claim) through legal action. [1/5 definitions] |
| proselyte |
to seek or gain (converts); proselytize. [1/2 definitions] |
| quest |
to seek; search (often fol. by "after" or "for"). [2/4 definitions] |
| refugee |
a person forced to leave his or her home or native land to seek safe refuge, usu. as a result of war, persecution, or the like. |
| retire |
to withdraw to seek shelter or seclusion. [1/7 definitions] |
| run |
to seek office in an election. [1/36 definitions] |
| rut2 |
the periodic condition of sexual arousal in certain male animals, such as deer, during which they seek to mate. [1/2 definitions] |
| scrounge |
to seek out and gather, esp. by salvaging scraps (often fol. by "up" or "together"). [2/5 definitions] |
| search |
to seek for something by probing into. [1/6 definitions] |
| sensitivity training |
instruction in small-group relations, in which individuals seek a better awareness of themselves and others, using methods similar to group therapy. |
| solicit |
to request or seek business, donations, help, or the like. [1/6 definitions] |
| sought |
past tense and past participle of seek. |
| sound3 |
to seek to determine the attitudes or opinions of (often fol. by "out"). [1/6 definitions] |
| take cover |
to seek protection or concealment. |
| Thanatos |
(often l.c.) in psychiatry, an instinct or impulse to seek peace in nonexistence, often manifested in aggressive behavior; death instinct. [1/2 definitions] |
| thumb |
to seek (a ride) by cocking a thumb in the desired direction to attract the attention of passing motorists. [1/5 definitions] |
| touch |
(slang) to get, or seek to get, a loan from. [1/22 definitions] |
| tout |
to seek customers, votes, or the like by importunate or brazen means. [1/7 definitions] |
| turn |
to seek help or support from someone (fol. by "to"). [1/32 definitions] |