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1. (v.t.) rummage
to search thoroughly or actively through, esp. by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents.
2. rummage
to find, bring, or fetch by searching (often fol. by out or up).
3. (v.i.) rummage
to search actively, as in a place or receptacle or within oneself.
4. (n.) rummage
miscellaneous articles; odds and ends.
5. rummage
a rummaging search.
Etymology: (1520–30; earlier, arrangement of cargo in a ship, aph. alter. of MF arrumage)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) rummage
a jumble of things to be given away
2. (verb) ransacking, rummage
a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)
"he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis"
3. (verb) rummage
search haphazardly
"We rummaged through the drawers"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) rummage
a place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage; -- formerly written romage
2. (noun) rummage
a searching carefully by looking into every corner, and by turning things over
3. (verb) rummage
to make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close stowage; to stow closely; to pack; -- formerly written roomage, and romage
4. (verb) rummage
to search or examine thoroughly by looking into every corner, and turning over or removing goods or other things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over leaf after leaf
5. (verb) rummage
to search a place narrowly
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Sense: to search by turning things out or over
He rummaged in the drawer for a clean shirt.
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 Afrikaans: deursoek |
 Arabic: يَبْحَث، يُنَقِّب |
 Bulgarian: тършувам |
 Brazilian: procurar |
 Czech: hrabat se |
 German: herumwühlen |
 Danish: gennemsøge |
 Greek: ανακατεύω ψάχνοντας, σκαλ |
 Spanish: hurgar, revolver, remover |
 Estonian: tuhnima |
 Farsi: جستجو کردن |
 Finnish: koluta |
 French: fouiller (dans) |
 Hebrew: לִנבוֹר |
 Hindi: छानना, तलाश करना, खोज निक |
 Croatian: prekapati, pretraživati |
 Hungarian: átkutat |
 Indonesian: menggeledah |
 Icelandic: umróta; gjörleita |
 Italian: frugare, rovistare |
 Japanese: くまなく探す |
 Korean: 샅샅이 찾다 |
 Lithuanian: naršyti, iškrėsti |
 Latvian: jaukties; vandīties |
 Malay: jualan barangan terpakai |
 Dutch: rommelen |
 Norwegian: romstere, rote gjennom |
 Polish: przetrząsać |
 Persian: جستجو کردن |
 Pashto: پلټنه کول |
 Portuguese: remexer |
 Romanian: a răscoli, a scotoci |
 Russian: рыться |
 Slovak: hrabať sa |
 Slovenian: brskati |
 Serbian: preturati |
 Swedish: söka (rota) igenom |
 Thai: ค้นกระจุยกระจาย |
 Turkish: altüst ederek aramak |
 Taiwanese: 翻找 |
 Ukrainian: порпатися |
 Urdu: پوری طرح چھان بین کرنا |
 Vietnamese: lục lọi |
 Chinese: 翻找 |
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