"search-engine" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: search-engines [present, singular, third-person], search-engining [participle, present], search-engined [participle, past], search-engined [past]
Etymology: From search engine (noun). Head templates: {{en-verb}} search-engine (third-person singular simple present search-engines, present participle search-engining, simple past and past participle search-engined)
  1. (computing, Internet, transitive) To look up on a search engine. Tags: Internet, transitive Categories (topical): Computing, Internet Hyponyms: google
    Sense id: en-search-engine-en-verb-lQreMnSO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 58 42 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (computing, Internet, intransitive) To use a search engine; to look things up on a search engine. Tags: Internet, intransitive Categories (topical): Computing, Internet
    Sense id: en-search-engine-en-verb-2bVCSNZe Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: search engine

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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}

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