rummage — Dizionario inglese

Verbo

1. To arrange (cargo, goods, etc.) in the hold of a ship; to move or rearrange such goods.

   Uso

   • transitivo

2. To search a vessel for smuggled goods.

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Esempi

   After the long voyage, the customs officers rummaged the ship.

3. To search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged.

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Esempi

   She rummaged her purse in search of the keys.

   The burglars rummaged the entire house for cash and jewellery.

   Altri esempi (3)

   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.

4. 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.

   Uso

   • intransitivo

   Sinonimi

   ransackrifletrawl

   Esempi

   She rummaged in the drawers trying to find the missing sock.

   Altri esempi (1)

   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.

Sostantivo

1. A thorough search, usually resulting in disorder.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

   Esempi

   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.

2. Commotion; disturbance.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • obsoleto
   • non numerabile

3. A disorganized collection of miscellaneous objects; a jumble.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

4. A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

5. The act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

   Sinonimi

   romage

Sostantivo

1. a jumble of things to be given away

   Termini più generali

   clutterjumblemuddlefuddlemare's nestweltersmother

2. a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)

   Sinonimi

   ransacking

   Termini più generali

   searchhunthunting

   Esempi

   he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis

Verbo

1. search haphazardly

   Termini più generali

   search

   Esempi

   We rummaged through the drawers