search-engine

verb

To look up on a search engine.

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Meanings

verbsearch-engine (third-person singular simple present search-engines, present participle search-engining, simple past and past participle search-engined)

present singular third person search-engines · participle present search-engining · participle past search-engined · past search-engined · alternative search engine

  1. InternettransitivecomputingTo look up on a search engine.
  2. InternetintransitivecomputingTo use a search engine; to look things up on a search engine.

Origin

From search engine (noun).

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APA

search-engine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/search-engine

MLA

“search-engine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/search-engine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “search-engine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/search-engine.

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