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rummage1 verbrummage2 noun rummagerum‧mage1 /ˈrʌmɪdʒ/ verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]   VERB TABLErummage |
| Present | I, you, we, they | rummage | | he, she, it | rummages | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | rummaged | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have rummaged | | he, she, it | has rummaged | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had rummaged | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will rummage | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have rummaged |
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| Present | I | am rummaging | | he, she, it | is rummaging | | you, we, they | are rummaging | | Past | I, he, she, it | was rummaging | | you, we, they | were rummaging | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been rummaging | | he, she, it | has been rummaging | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been rummaging | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be rummaging | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been rummaging |
- Donna rummaged in her purse and found hers.
- I rummaged through my drawer for his key.
- It was like rummaging through some one else's dreams.
- She rummaged around and found a teapot and a mug.
- She rummaged around, hoping for inspiration, discarding brooches and beads and belts.
- She rummaged in the cupboard, lifting out and rejecting one dish after another.
- While the congregation sat waiting, Brian rummaged through the sacristy until he found some stale hosts.
to look for something in a bag, box, pocket etc► rummage/rummage about to look for something among a lot of other things that are all together by moving them around with your hands: rummage/rummage about in: · Louise rummaged in her bag and pulled out a small envelope.rummage/rummage about for: · He unzipped his school bag and rummaged about for a pencil. ► fish around also fish about British to look for a small object in a large or deep container, especially using just your hands: fish around in: · Sam fished about in his pockets and produced a few coins.fish around for: · He fished around in his bag for the letter. ► feel around also feel about British to search for something by touch without using your eyes: · She put her hand under the seat and felt around, but couldn't find anything.feel around for: · She felt around for the light switch. ► fumble around/about to use your hands to look for something in an awkward way, especially because it is dark or you are nervous or in a hurry: · The phone rang and, half-asleep, Winston fumbled about to find the receiver.fumble around/about in: · He fumbled around in the cupboard, desperately searching for his tablets.fumble around/about for: · He fumbled around on the ground for his glasses. ► go through to search someone's clothes, bags, or possessions very thoroughly: · Customs officials went through his luggage but found nothing.· You have no right to go through my personal possessions! ► search to search a person or their clothes to try to find drugs, weapons etc: be searched: · All visitors to the prison are thoroughly searched.search for: · The men were all searched for weapons and then allowed to enter. ► frisk if the police, airport officials etc frisk someone, they feel the person's clothes and body, looking for hidden weapons or drugs: · A guard frisked him expertly, then led him into a large room.be frisked: · We were stopped by the police and frisked before being allowed into the building.frisk somebody for something: · They pulled me aside and frisked me for weapons. ► rummage/rifle through drawers (=search in them by moving things around in an untidy way)· Someone had been in my bedroom and rummaged through my drawers. NOUN► drawer· Some one had rummaged through the drawer.· Then he let her rummage through his desk drawers, rearranging them however she liked.· I rummaged through my drawer for his key. (also rummage around/about) to search for something by moving things around in a careless or hurried wayrummage in/through etc Looks like someone’s been rummaging around in my desk.rummage1 verbrummage2 noun rummagerummage2 noun rummage2Origin: 1400-1500 Old French arrimage ‘arranging the load in a ship’ - A rummage in the scrap box revealed an odd plastic corner plate.
- And do be careful if you decide to open up the box yourself to have a rummage around.
- Boarding and rummage of a merchant vessel presents no particular problem to us.
- I was in charge of the rummage crew, and feeling that I had done my bit went to find the others.
- In those days units, or mobile rummage crews, setting up schemes between us as a result of local smuggling information.
- Lots of hairdressers now have accessory counters so why not have a rummage?
- Of course, our rummage crews were working on more or less virgin territory, where no customs rummage crew had been before.
- Then began the long, painstaking job of deep rummage.
► Have a rummage Have a rummage in my jewellery box and see if you can find something you like. ► rummage/rifle through drawers (=search in them by moving things around in an untidy way)· Someone had been in my bedroom and rummaged through my drawers. 1[countable usually singular] informal a careless or hurried search for something: Have a rummage in my jewellery box and see if you can find something you like.2[uncountable] especially American English old clothes, toys etc that you no longer want SYN jumble British English |