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handsearch

handsearch verb: to search manually through academic journals, etc. rather than using electronic search facilities.

Verb

handsearch (third-person singular simple present handsearches, present participle handsearching, simple past and past participle handsearched)

  1. To search manually through academic journals, etc. rather than using electronic search facilities.

Forms of handsearch

third-person singular presenthandsearches
present participlehandsearching
past participlehandsearched
pasthandsearched

Origin of handsearch

From hand + search.

Questions about handsearch

What does handsearch mean?
Handsearch means to search manually through academic journals, etc. rather than using electronic search facilities.
What part of speech is handsearch?
Handsearch is a verb.
What is the past tense of handsearch?
The past tense of handsearch is handsearched.

Words near handsearch in the dictionary

  1. handscrews
  2. handscroll
  3. handscrolls
  4. handscrub
  5. handscrubs
  6. handsearch
  7. handsearched
  8. handsearches
  9. handsearching
  10. handsel
  11. Handsel Monday

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Adapted from Wiktionary: handsearch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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