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  • rummage — I UK [ˈrʌmɪdʒ] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms rummage : present tense I/you/we/they rummage he/she/it rummages present participle rummaging past tense rummaged past participle rummaged to search for something among a lot of other things… …   English dictionary

  • rummage — rum|mage1 [ rʌmıdʒ ] verb intransitive to search for something among a lot of other things: rummage in/through: She rummaged in a drawer for some aspirin. rummage rum|mage 2 [ rʌmıdʒ ] noun 1. ) count a search for something among a lot of other… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • rummage — [c]/ˈrʌmɪdʒ / (say rumij) verb (rummaged, rummaging) –verb (t) 1. to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.), especially by moving about, turning over, or looking through contents. –verb (i) 2. to search actively, as in… …  

  • rummage — v. & n. v. 1 tr. & (foll. by in, through, among) intr. search, esp. untidily and unsystematically. 2 tr. (foll. by out, up) find among other things. 3 tr. (foll. by about) disarrange; make untidy in searching. n. 1 an instance of rummaging. 2… …   Useful english dictionary

  • rummage — I. verb (rummaged; rummaging) Etymology: 2rummage Date: 1582 intransitive verb 1. to make a thorough search or investigation 2. to engage in an undirected or haphazard search transitive verb 1. to make a thorough search through …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • rummage — [ˈrʌmɪdʒ] verb [I] to search for something among a lot of other things …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • chaotic — [[t]keɪɒ̱tɪk[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is chaotic is in a state of complete disorder and confusion. My own house feels as filthy and chaotic as a bus terminal... Mullins began to rummage among the chaotic mess of papers on his desk. Derived… …   English dictionary

  • “Secret Cave, or John Lees Adventure, The“ —    Juvenile story (525 words); written c. 1898–99. First published in SR;corrected text in Juvenilia: 1897–1905(1985) and MW    Mrs. Lee instructs her ten year old son John and two year old daughter Alice to be “good children” while both parents… …   An H.P.Lovecraft encyclopedia

  • seek — seek, *search, scour, hunt, comb, ferret out, ransack, rummage are comparable when they mean to look for or go in quest of in the hope of finding. Seek has become widely extended in application and may take as its object either a person or a… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • The Temptations — For other uses, see Temptation (disambiguation). The Temptations The Classic 5 lineup of The Temptations: David Ruffin (bottom left), Melvin Franklin (top left), Paul Williams (top right), Otis Williams (bottom right), and …   Wikipedia

  • rum|mage — «RUHM ihj», verb, maged, mag|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to search thoroughly by moving things about: »I rummaged three drawers before I found my gloves. He rummaged his pockets (Mark Twain). SYNONYM(S): See syn. under search. (Cf. ↑s …   Useful english dictionary

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