seeking
    n 1: the act of searching for something; "a quest for diamonds"
         [syn: quest, seeking]
    2: an attempt to acquire or gain something

Seek \Seek\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sought; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Seeking.] [OE. seken, AS. s[=e]can, s[=e]cean; akin to OS.
   s[=o]kian, LG. s["o]ken, D. zoeken, OHG. suohhan, G. suchen,
   Icel. saekja, Sw. s["o]ka, Dan. s["o]ge, Goth. s[=o]kjan, and
   E. sake. Cf. Beseech, Ransack, Sagacious, Sake,
   Soc.]
   1. To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to
      find.
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            The man saked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he
            said, I seek my brethren.             --Gen. xxxvii.
                                                  15, 16.
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   2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
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            Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. --Luke
                                                  xi. 16.
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   3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as,
      to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.
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   4. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
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            Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal. --Amos v. 5.
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            Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains.
                                                  --Pope.
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seek
seeking

   1.  To move the head of a disk drive radially,
   i.e., to move from one track to another.

   2.  To wind the tape to a given location.

   3.  To move the pointer that marks the next byte
   to be read from or written to a file.

   (1997-07-15)