seek

To try to find; to look for; to search for.ambitransitive

• I seek wisdom.

To try to acquire or gain; to strive after.transitive

• I sought my fortune on the goldfields.
• I can no longer seek fame or glory, nor can I help trying to get rid of my riches, which separate me from my fellow-creatures.

To try to reach or come to (a location).transitive

• When the alarm went off I sought the exit in a panic.

To attempt, to try [with infinitive ‘to do something’].intransitive

• Our company does not seek to limit its employees from using the internet or engaging in social networking.

To ask for; to solicit.transitive

• I seek forgiveness through repentance.

To go, to move, to travel (in a given direction).intransitiveobsolete

• Ryght so he sought[…]towarde Sandewyche where he founde before hym many galyard knyghtes

To move to a specified location (particularly of a disk drive or similar device).intransitive

• This function instructs the hard drive to seek to a specified track.

To navigate through a data stream.intransitive

• Most of the changes made to this control are to accommodate the various constraints that playback of streaming media may impose in broadcast streams, such as the inability to seek through the media.

The operation of navigating through a stream.

• The number of seeks to retrieve a shot […] depends on the location of those frames on physical blocks.