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# searcher

«searcher» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person who looks hard for someone or something, for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a searcher, searchers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person who looks hard for someone or something, for example in a search party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/searcher/#m1)

2) Sometimes a person or program that searches for information. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/searcher/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and news, searchers look for lost people, animals or things, often in forests, mountains or the sea. In safety lessons, if you get lost, stay in one place so searchers can find you more easily. Phrases: searchers found, a team of searchers, volunteer searchers.

### examples

- The searchers found the lost hiker before dark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/searcher/#x1)
- Hundreds of searchers walked through the woods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/searcher/#x2)
- If you are lost, stay still and wait for the searchers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/searcher/#x3)
- Searchers used dogs to follow the trail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/searcher/#x4)
- The searchers shouted the boy's name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/searcher/#x5)
- A searcher spotted the missing kayak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/searcher/#x6)

### note

Countable: a searcher, searchers. It comes from the verb "search" plus "-er", meaning a person who does it. It is a fairly rare word; people more often say "rescuers" or "a search party". Safety: blowing a whistle or wearing bright clothes helps searchers find you.

### In the corpora

- [Searchers find people faster when they stay put, because searchers start looking where the person was last seen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/17-if-you-are-lost/9/)
- [Bright clothes make it easier for searchers to see you outdoors.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/17-if-you-are-lost/18/)
- [Searchers begin where you were last seen and search outwards.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/49-lost-outdoors/9/)
- [Bright colours make you easier for searchers to see.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/49-lost-outdoors/12/)
- [You answer when searchers call your name and never hide from them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/49-lost-outdoors/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «searcher» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/searcher/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.