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(v)
To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.
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(idiomatic) To scrutinize or size up something; to assess a situation.
(idiomatic, transitive) To evaluate; to estimate or anticipate the magnitude, difficulty, or strength of something.
To observe or inspect carefully or critically.
(transitive) To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely.
(transitive) To examine something with great care.
(figuratively) To supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group.
(intransitive) To make an extensive investigation into.
(transitive) To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.
(transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
(transitive) To read completely.
(n)
The act by which something is reviewed, or thought about again; a mental review.
To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.
(transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
(transitive) To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.
The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).
(transitive) To subject to analysis.
(ambitransitive) To restore a friendly relationship; to bring back or return to harmony.
(transitive) To watch over; to guard.
(adv)
(informal) Given the circumstances; all in all; all things considered.
(transitive) To think about seriously.
(transitive) To oversee or direct a task or organization.
(computing, ambitransitive) To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored.
(intransitive) To stare intently or earnestly.
British standard spelling of analyze.
An inspection or examination.
To thoroughly check or investigate particularly with regard to providing formal approval.
(transitive, obsolete) To scrutinize.
(idiomatic, transitive) To review or analyse in great detail
(transitive) To examine (something) carefully.
To fail to notice; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it.
(transitive) To inspect or investigate by dissection.
(obsolete, rare) To perplex with scruples; to regard with scruples.
(transitive, law) To seize and detain by law.
(idiomatic, transitive) To carefully go through a set of objects, or a collection of information, in order to find something.
(transitive, intransitive) To flip over; to rotate top to bottom.
(ambitransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out
(transitive) To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.
(idiomatic) To look or see beyond what is obvious.
(sewing) To undo sewing stitches.
(transitive) To dissect again.
(transitive, often figurative) To break something down into its component parts.
(transitive) To separate (people or animals that are fighting).
A deliberate affront or slight.
A question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK).
Diarrhoea, in livestock; scouring.
(transitive, formal, archaic) To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out or rummage (for information)
(idiomatic) To work through the details of something; especially to work through difficulties.
(transitive) To study (a piece of footage) closely.
(transitive) To choose all of the desirable items from (an array of options); to look for the most desirable items among.
(transitive, obsolete) To torture (someone); to excruciate.
(literally) To scrub until all uncleanliness has been removed.
Alternative form of anatomize. [(transitive) To inspect or investigate by dissection.]
(transitive) To cut into smaller pieces, parts, or sections.
(idiomatic) To criticize severely; to refute.
A slashing action or motion:
(transitive) To remove or abolish completely.
(transitive) To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
(ambitransitive) To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
To take a view of the contents of; search in, either with the eyes or by hand.
A major repair, renovation, or revision.
(transitive) To obscure.
(transitive) To accuse (someone) of a crime; to incriminate.
(transitive) To discover something after searching.
(transitive, figurative, by extension) To detect (something hidden or invisible).
(transitive) To collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material.
(transitive, formal) To punish or reprimand someone severely.
(intransitive, of a machine, computer, vehicle, etc.) To stop functioning.
A crescent-shaped structure of stones built to afford cover in battle.
To crumple or crinkle.
(transitive, rare, archaic) To remove by, or as if by, scouring; to scrub away.
To dismantle something into its component pieces.
(dialectal, Northern England) Carbonaceous shale; small coal; slate, dross, or rubbish in coal.
(transitive) To refine to an excessive degree.
(countable) A seeking or solicitation of donations, information, opinions, support, etc.
(intransitive) To choose selectively or fastidiously.
(transitive, figuratively) To exclude selectively.
(transitive, idiomatic) To discover, as by asking or investigating.
(transitive) To scrub around or about; scrub completely or all over.
(transitive) To skim excessively; to remove too much material from, by skimming.
An often domesticated mammal (Mustela putorius furo) rather like a weasel, descended from the polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals.
(transitive) To shake someone so money falls from their pockets.
The language spoken in Poland.
(transitive) To make subtle; to make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse.
(transitive) To select.
(countable) A person who appraises the works of others.
To work out, procure, or extract, usually by processes involving subterfuge, diligence, manipulation, or coaxing.
(transitive) To dig under or beneath (something); to undermine.
(transitive) To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose.
To read (a document, book, etc.) through, though not necessarily thoroughly.
(obsolete) To pick out.
(obsolete) A cry or shout.
To focus one's study upon a particular skill, field, topic, or genre.