seek

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

I seek wisdom.

Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.[…]A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.

To ask for; to solicit; to beseech.

I seek forgiveness through repentance.

Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign.

To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at.

I sought my fortune on the goldfields.

But persecution sought the lives of men of this character.

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

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

To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.

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

Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.

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.

Obsolete form of Sikh.