rummage (verb)
71rake — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. gather, collect; comb, ransack, search, rummage; enfilade, spray with bullets; incline, slope. See assemblage. n. libertine, roué, rakehell; slope, ramp. See cleanness, obliquity, agriculture. II… …
72shake down — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb l. Slang. To obtain by coercion or intimidation: exact, extort, squeeze, wrench, wrest, wring. See GET. 2. Slang. To make a thorough search of: comb, forage, ransack, rummage, scour2. Idioms: beat the bushes, leave no… …
73jumble — jum|ble1 [ dʒʌmbl ] noun 1. ) singular a collection of different things mixed together: a delightful jumble of pretty painted houses 2. ) uncount BRITISH RUMMAGE jumble jum|ble 2 [ dʒʌmbl ] verb intransitive or transitive jumble or jumble up to… …
74mint — mint1 [ mınt ] noun 1. ) uncount a small plant with green leaves that have a strong smell, used for flavoring food. Mint is a herb. 2. ) count a piece of candy that tastes like PEPPERMINT 3. ) count the place where a country makes its coins and… …
75scrutinize — [17] The etymological notion underlying scrutinize is of ragpickers searching through piles of garbage looking for anything of use or value. For its ultimate source is Latin scrūta ‘rubbish’. From this was formed the verb scrūtārī ‘rummage… …
76root — [[t]ru͟ːt[/t]] ♦♦♦ roots, rooting, rooted 1) N COUNT: usu pl The roots of a plant are the parts of it that grow under the ground. ...the twisted roots of an apple tree. 2) V ERG If you root a plant or cutting or if it roots, roots form on the… …
77root around — PHRASAL VERB If you root around or root about in something, you look for something there, moving things around as you search. [V P prep] It s in here somewhere, he said, rooting about in his desk. [Also V P] Syn: rummage (in BRIT, also use root… …
78fossick — [ fɒsɪk] verb Austral./NZ informal rummage; search. ↘search for gold in abandoned workings. Derivatives fossicker noun Origin C19: prob. from the Engl. dialect sense obtain by asking …
79jumble — 1 noun 1 (singular) an untidy mixture of things (+ of): a jumble of thoughts and feelings 2 (U) BrE things to be sold at a jumble sale; rummage 2 (2) AmE 2 also jumble up verb (transitive often passive) to mix things together so that they are not …
80grub — 1. noun 1) a small black grub Syn: larva; maggot; caterpillar 2) informal we ll grab some grub on the way See food 1) 2. verb 1) they grubbed up the weeds Syn …
