rootle — Dizionario inglese

Verbo

1. to dig into the ground, with the snout.

   Uso

   • of an animal

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (2)

   Once, presumably, this quadrangle with its smooth lawns, its massive buildings, and the chapel itself was marsh too, where the grasses waved and the swine rootled.

   Removing internal fences allowed the wild Exmoor ponies and Tamworth pigs he introduced to browse and rootle over large distances, their disruptions creating habitats for other animals and plants.

2. to search for something from a drawer, closet, etc.; to dig out.

   Uso

   • of a person

   Esempi

   'There's a tin of cocoa in my study somewhere,' Perowne shouted after him. 'Rootle round till you find it, and take it up.'

   Bathed and changed, she rootled out Lambie from the bottom of her wardrobe.'

Verbo

1. dig with the snout

   Sinonimi

   routroot

   Termini più generali

   digdelvecut intoturn over

   Esempi

   the pig was rooting for truffles