seeking

noun

1. The act of one who seeks; a search or quest to find something.

   “[…] the Company contemplated having their works at Esher—for they have had long and anxious seekings for a location—to store our gun-cotton in unlimited quantity […]”

adj

1. (in-compounds, not-comparable)That seeks something specified.

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of seek

   “While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.”