17. The search method of claim 11 , further comprising selectively displaying a canonical sense in which said at least one search query term is presumed to be used.
11. A computer implemented search method for electronically searching documents, and providing a search result in response to a search query, comprising: receiving, using a user interface module controlled by a computer processor, a search query from a user, said search query having at least one search query term, and receiving a user defined sense to said search system for said one query term; electronically determining, using a query processing module controlled by a computer processor, a canonical sense of said at least one search query; displaying alternative senses in which said at least one search query term is used, and receiving the user's selection of at least one the alternative senses; electronically identifying, using the query processing module controlled by a computer processor, a plurality of alternative terms from a cluster of terms belonging to a same canonical word sense for the at least one search query term based on the user's selected alternative senses; electronically displaying, using said user interface module controlled by a computer processor, said identified plurality of alternative terms for the user; and electronically executing a search, using a search engine, for electronic documents that satisfy at least one of said search query term and the plurality of alternative terms.