Entry Word: explore

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to search through or into <letʼs explore new ways of raising money for the school band>

Synonyms delve (into), dig (into), inquire (into), investigate, look (into), probe, research

Related Words examine, inspect, sift, study, view; browse, peruse, scan, skim (through), thumb (through)

2 to go into or range over for purposes of discovery <we must continue to explore the depths of the ocean>

Synonyms hunt, probe, prospect, search

Related Words reconnoiter (or reconnoitre), scout; disclose, discover, reveal, unearth; fathom, plumb, sound