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How do you describe the following kind of 'search' in one word?

A blind man searching for a faucet in a room

OR

A normal man searching for a faucet in a dark room

Is it fumbling, scouring, scouting, scrounging, or something else?

Best Answer

To grope: (from TFD)

  • (usually foll by: for) to feel or search about uncertainly (for something) with the hands

  • to search for something by reaching or touching usually with your fingers in an awkward way

  • to move forward carefully by putting your hands in front of you so that you can feel anything that blocks you

  • he groped for the light switch in the dark room
  • she groped for the cell phone in her purse.

or:

feel around (for someone or something) and feel about(for someone or something):

  • to try to find someone or something by feel [rather than sight]. He felt around for the soap in the bathtub. She felt about for the dog at the foot of the bed, but it wasn't there. Gerald felt about for a pencil.
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