rummage
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: nautical
transport
Etymology: From Middle English ronage, from Old French arrumage (compare French arrimage), from arrumer (“to arrange the cargo in the hold”) (compare French arrimer and Spanish arrumar).
Inflected forms:
form: rummages
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: rummaging
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: rummaged
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: rummaged
pos: verb
tags: past
form: rummages
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To arrange (cargo, goods, etc.) in the hold of a ship; to move or rearrange such goods.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To search a vessel for smuggled goods.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: After the long voyage, the customs officers rummaged the ship.
gloss: To search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: She rummaged her purse in search of the keys.
The burglars rummaged the entire house for cash and jewellery.
He[…]searcheth his pockets, and taketh his keys, and so rummageth all his closets and trunks.
What schoolboy of us has not rummaged his Greek dictionary in vain for a satisfactory account!
British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.
gloss: To hastily search for something in a confined space and among many items by carelessly turning things over or pushing things aside; dig through carelessly.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: She rummaged in the drawers trying to find the missing sock.
Philander went into the next room[…]and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack.
gloss: A thorough search, usually resulting in disorder.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Have a rummage through the attic and see if you can find anything worth selling.
He has made such a general rummage and reform in the office of matrimony.
gloss: Commotion; disturbance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
gloss: A disorganized collection of miscellaneous objects; a jumble.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: look
quarry
rake
search
rummage sale
Derived words: rummager
rummagy
unrummaged
rummage squad
Translations:
lang: Aromanian
word: gurnjescu
lang: Bulgarian
word: претърсвам
roman: pretǎrsvam
lang: Catalan
word: furgar
lang: Catalan
word: remenar
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 翻尋 /翻寻
roman: fānxún
lang: Cimbrian
word: büulan
lang: Finnish
word: penkoa
lang: French
word: fouiller
lang: Galician
word: cachear
lang: Galician
word: remexer
lang: German
word: durchwühlen
lang: Greek
word: σκαλίζω
roman: skalízo
lang: Gujarati
word: ફેંદવું
roman: phěndvũ
lang: Hebrew
word: חיטט
roman: khitét
lang: Irish
word: tiomsaigh
lang: Italian
word: frugare
lang: Italian
word: rovistare
lang: Japanese
word: 漁る
roman: asaru
lang: Japanese
word: 引っ掻き回す
roman: hikkamawasu
lang: Māori
word: paraketu
lang: Māori
word: hurahura
lang: Norwegian
word: gjennomsøke
lang: Portuguese
word: vasculhar
lang: Romanian
word: scotoci
lang: Romanian
word: cotrobăi
lang: Russian
word: ры́ться
roman: rýtʹsja
lang: Russian
word: копа́ться
roman: kopátʹsja
lang: Northern Sami
word: boltut
lang: Spanish
word: papelear
lang: Swedish
word: rota
lang: Tagalog
word: halughog
lang: Thai
word: คุ้ย
roman: kúi
lang: Thai
word: ค้น
roman: kón