Quest

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  • noun. The act or an instance of seeking or pursuing something; a search.
  • noun. An expedition undertaken in medieval romance by a knight in order to perform a prescribed feat.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An inquest.
  • noun. A jury appointed to take part in an inquest.
  • intransitive verb. To search for something.
  • intransitive verb. To go on a quest.
  • intransitive verb. To search for game or bay when sighting game, as a hound.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To go in search; make search or inquiry; pursue.
  • To go begging.
  • To give tongue, as a dog on the scent of game.
  • To search or seek for; inquire into or examine.
  • To announce by giving tongue, as a dog.
  • noun. The act of seeking; search; pursuit; suit.
  • noun. An act of searching or seeking, as for a particular object: as, the quest of the holy grail.
  • noun. A body of searchers collectively; a searching party.
  • noun. Inquiry; examination.
  • noun. Request; desire; solicitation; prayer; demand.
  • noun. A jury of inquest; a sworn body of examiners; also, an inquest.
  • noun. Same as queest.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit
  • noun. Request; desire; solicitation.
  • noun. Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively.
  • noun. Inquest; jury of inquest.
  • transitive verb. To search for; to examine.
  • intransitive verb. To go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
  • verb. To seek or pursue a goal; to undertake a mission or job.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. search the trail of (game)
  • noun. a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria
  • verb. seek alms, as for religious purposes
  • verb. bark with prolonged noises, of dogs
  • verb. make a search (for)
  • noun. the act of searching for something
  • verb. express the need or desire for; ask for
  • Word Usage
    "The title quest has been driving him, from Pittsburgh to Detroit to Chicago the past few years."
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    sidequest  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bark  beg  chase  chase after  dog  
    Rhyme
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    Best  Blessed  Brest  Celeste  Este  
    Same Context
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    verb-form
    quested  questing  quests