See Also: search 1, noun(dictionary)
search(2)(dictionary)
search(1)(dictionary)
Search(medicine)
SEARCH, RIGHT OF, mar(law)
Search 3.4-7(law)
Federated Search(law)
SEARCH, practice(law)
search (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
search and seizure(encyclopedia)

racer (sh) and search 1, noun (oh)


racer (sh)




Any of several slender, swift snakes (subspecies of Coluber constrictor, family Colubridae) of North and Central America and Asia.

Racers have a long tail, big eyes, and smooth scales. Colour and pattern vary among subspecies, some of which grow to 6 ft (1.8 m) long. Among the fastest of snakes, racers can move at 3.5 mph (5.6 km/hr). They hold down their prey, usually a small warm-blooded animal, by the weight of their coils and then swallow it. If cornered, they vibrate the tail and strike repeatedly with a sideways motion that tears a victim's skin. See also black snake.


Racer (Coluber constrictor)

? 1971 Z. Leszczynski
Animals Animals


search 1, noun (oh)



[C usually singular] an attempt to find someone or something
search for
::Bad weather is hampering the search for survivors.
search of
::a search of the area
::The police have already carried out a search .
::Perhaps they will wait until morning before launching a search .
::Rescuers were forced to abandon their search .
::a thorough search of the undergrowth
::I spent the next three hours in a fruitless search for a replacement.
:: The search is now on for a new Management team.
[C] a series of actions done by a computer to find information
search of
::a computerized search of 10,000 medical journals
::A search found 46 websites.
::an online search
perform/run/do a search
::Do a search on 'rabbit' and see what it brings up.
in search of sth
looking for something
::Mark went in search of water.
[singular] an attempt to find an explanation or solution
search for
::the search for a cure
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
carry out/conduct a search
begin/launch a search
call off/abandon a search
thorough/painstaking/systematic search (=a very detailed one)
fruitless search (=an unsuccessful one)
nationwide search
house-to-house search (=a search of every house or building in an area)
fingertip search British English (=a search for clues by police officers at the scene of a crime)
strip search (=a search of someone by taking off their clothes)
the search is on (=used to say that something is now being looked for)