explore

Universal Words verb 1 ~ (sth) (for sth) to travel to or around an area or a country in order to learn about it: [VN] The city is best explored on foot. * They explored the land to the south of the Murray river. * [V] As soon as we arrived on the island we were eager to explore. * companies exploring for (= searching for) oil 2 [VN] to examine sth completely or carefully in order to find out more about it: These ideas will be explored in more detail in chapter 7. 3 [VN] to feel sth with your hands or another part of the body: She explored the sand with her toes. seealsoUNEXPLORED