FOSSICK Synonyms
There are 6 hypernyms of the word fossick. (close relations)
Definition of FOSSICK
Best Alternative Words for FOSSICK
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delve | verbv | |||||||
verb • turn up, loosen, or remove earth | ||||||||
explore | verbv | |||||||
verb • inquire into • travel to or penetrate into • inquire into a subject in detail • examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes | ||||||||
hunt | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport • Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910) • an instance of searching for something • United States architect (1827-1895) • the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone • British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859) • the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts • the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport verb • pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) • pursue or chase relentlessly • chase away, with as with force • yaw back and forth about a flight path • oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent • seek, search for • search (an area) for prey | ||||||||
investigate | verbv | |||||||
verb • investigate scientifically • conduct an inquiry or investigation of | ||||||||
rummage | verbv | |||||||
noun • a jumble of things to be given away • a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion) verb • search haphazardly | ||||||||
scrounge | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
verb • collect or look around for (food) • obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling | ||||||||
search | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone • an investigation seeking answers • an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property • the examination of alternative hypotheses • boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas verb • try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of • search or seek • inquire into • subject to a search | ||||||||
noodle | nounn | |||||||
noun • a ribbonlike strip of pasta • informal terms for a human head |