SEEK OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seek out mean? 

• SEEK OUT (verb)
  The verb SEEK OUT has 1 sense:

1. look for a specific person or thing

  Familiarity information: SEEK OUT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEEK OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Look for a specific person or thing

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "seek out" is one way to...):

look for; search; seek (try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

 Context examples 

Go quickly, and get another, and seek out the prettiest and rarest.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

"There is only one thing we can do," returned the Lion, "and that is to go to the land of the Winkies, seek out the Wicked Witch, and destroy her."

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Microbes eking out an existence on granite are also more likely to have genes linked with mobility, a trait that allows them to seek out better micro-environments when necessary.

(Tales from the crypt: Life after death in a graveyard, National Science Foundation)

A disorder characterized by an enduring pattern of an extreme need to be taken care of together with fear of separation that lead the individual to urgently seek out and submit to another person and allow that person to make decisions that impact all areas of the individual's life.

(Dependent Personality Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Earlier springtime activity and emergence from a dormant winter state can allow insect populations to seek out favorable environments and produce more generations per year, improving their survivability in the face of rapid environmental change.

(Secrets to climate change adaptation uncovered in the European corn borer moth, National Science Foundation)

He expressed once, and but once in my hearing, a strong sense of the rugged charm of the hills, and an inborn affection for the dark roof and hoary walls he called his home; but there was more of gloom than pleasure in the tone and words in which the sentiment was manifested; and never did he seem to roam the moors for the sake of their soothing silence—never seek out or dwell upon the thousand peaceful delights they could yield.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)