rummage – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
rummage
v.
make a thorough search, look for diligently
n.
thorough and diligent search; old things, miscellaneous items
rummage
Noun
1. a jumble of things to be given away
(hypernym) clutter, jumble, muddle, mare's nest, welter, smother
2. a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion); "he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis"
(synonym) ransacking
(hypernym) search, hunt, hunting
Verb
1. search haphazardly; "We rummaged through the drawers"
(hypernym) search
(derivation) ransacking
rummage
v.
prohrabat; rozházet
rummage
Czas.
szperać; przetrząsać
Rummage
(v. t.)
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.
(v. t.)
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.
(v. i.)
To search a place narrowly.
(n.)
A searching carefully by looking into every corner, and by turning things over.
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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