Exploring

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The action of the verb explore.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of explore form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "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."

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inquisitiveprobingprobing

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"We spent our holiday exploring rural France."

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