searce
UK/sɑːs/US/sɑɹs/
searce noun: a sieve; a strainer.
Noun
searce (plural searces)
- A sieve; a strainer.
- Yet will our selfe overweening sift his divinitie through our searce [translating estamine]: whence are engendred all the vanities and errours wherewith the world is so full-fraught[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
Verb
searce (third-person singular simple present searces, present participle searcing, simple past and past participle searced)
- To sift (through a sieve); to bolt.
- My next Difficulty was to make a Sieve, or Searſe, to dreſs my meal, and to part it from the Bran and the Huſk, without which I did not ſee it poſſible I could have any Bread. […] I had nothing like the neceſſary Things to make it with—I mean fine thin Canvas, or Stuff, to ſearſe the Meal through.1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC, page 144
searce meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
searce in Tamil
- சல்லடை
searce in Urdu
- چھننا
searce in Bengali
- চালনি, ছাঁকনি, চালা, পরিশোধন করা
Forms of searce
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | searces |
| alternative form | sarse |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | searces |
| present participle | searcing |
| past participle | searced |
| past | searced |
Origin of searce
From Middle English sarse, probably from Anglo-Norman cerche, *cerce, from Late Latin *circa. Traditionally derived from Old French saas (Late Latin *saetāceus (pannus) (“(cloth) made of bristles”)), but this does not explain the -r- or the final -e of the Middle English form; intrusive -r- before /s/ is sometimes found in Middle English, but one would expect etymological r-less forms to appear alongside such forms.
Words that rhyme with searce
Questions about searce
- What does searce mean?
- Searce means a sieve; a strainer.
- What is searce in Tamil?
- Searce in Tamil is சல்லடை. See Searce meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is searce?
- Searce can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce searce?
- Searce is pronounced /sɑːs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of searce?
- The plural of searce is searces.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: searce (page history and authors); searce (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); searce (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); searce (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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