rummaged
past simple and past participle ofrummage
rummage
verb[I+ adv/prep]
uk/ˈrʌm.ɪdʒ/us/ˈrʌm.ɪdʒ/tosearchfor something bymovingthings aroundcarelesslyandlookinginto, under, and behind them:
She rummagedin/throughall thedrawers,lookingfor apen.
to search for something
- searchI've searched everywhere and can't find my passport.
- lookShe was looking in her handbag for a pen.
- huntI've hunted all over the place but I can't find that book.
- rummageHe rummaged through his pockets, looking for his keys.
- ferret outThe inspector general has broad powers to ferret out fraud on the state and local level.
- combPolice combed the area for evidence.
Searching
- -seeking
- beachcomb
- beachcomber
- beachcombing
- body search
- bounty hunter
- divine
- keepyour/aneye out forsomeone/somethingidiom
- leave no stone unturnedidiom
- manhunt
- mudlark
- mudlarking
- nose
- scout
- scratch
- seeksomeone/somethingout
- seeker
- shake
- shakesomeonedown
- shakedown
Examplesofrummaged
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Anyway, in those days all nature, all human life seemed to us to be rather clear, and we looked condescendingly upon physicists, chemists, and utilitarians, whorummagedin course matter.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Herummagedin the drawers at the lab and found the strongest possible compound, which happened to be chlorpromazine which they then wrote up in a paper in 1952.
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I have no doubt that as further dusty archives arerummagedit will not be long before 60 will be an understatement.
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The further education provisions remind me of the lucky dip, where onerummagedaround in the sawdust and ended up with the suspicion that very little had been put in.
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All of the rooms wererummaged, but nothing of worth was found.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.For a while, he found solace in the companionship of a mouse that occasionallyrummagedthrough his supplies.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The man with the mask of a birdrummagedinside you.
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- manoeuvre
- manoeuvred
- manoeuvring
- man of God
- man-of-god
- man of his word
- man of integrity
- man of letters
- man-of-letters
- man of straw
- man-of-straw
- man of the match
- man-of-the-match
- man of the world
- man-of-the-world
- man-of-war
- man-of-war
- man-of-word
- manometer
- man on!
- man-on
- manor
- manorial
- manosphere
- manpower