rummage around
11rummage — 1) vb British to raid and/or search (premises). The specialised sense, deriving from the standard colloquialism, has been used by police and criminals since the 1990s. ► It s going to be rummaged tomorrow. (River Police, ITV documentary, 15 Sep… …
12rummage — rum•mage [[t]ˈrʌm ɪdʒ[/t]] v. maged, mag•ing, n. 1) to search thoroughly or actively through, esp. by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents 2) to find, bring, or fetch by searching (often fol. by out or up) 3) to search… …
13dig around — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you dig around in a place or container, you search for something in every part of it. [V P in n] I went home to dig around in my closets for some old tapes. [Also V P] Syn: rummage around 2) PHRASAL VERB If you dig around, you… …
14nose around — nose about you check the bedrooms and we ll nose around the kitchen Syn: investigate, explore, ferret around/through, rummage around/through, search; delve into, peer into; prowl around; informal snoop around/about …
15poke around — poke about we were just poking around some antique shops Syn: search, hunt, rummage (around), forage, grub, root about/around, scavenge, nose around, ferret (about/around); sift through, rifle through, scour, comb, probe …
16poke about/around — SEARCH, hunt, rummage (around), forage, grub, root about/around, scavenge, nose around, ferret (about/around); sift through, rifle through, scour, comb, probe; Brit. informal rootle (around …
17nose around/about/round — INVESTIGATE, explore, ferret (about/around), rummage, search; delve into, peer into; prowl around; informal snoop about/around/round. → nose …
18root 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… …
19forage — 1. verb Colonel Kendricks sent out a small party to forage for provisions Syn: hunt, search, look, rummage around, ferret, root about/around, nose around/about, scavenge 2. noun 1) forage for the horses Syn: fodder, feed, food …
20Wattled Curassow — Female at the National Aviary Note reddish buff crissum Conservation status …
