rummage

«rummage» in Mova's school dictionary: to search by moving things about with your hands, often… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (rummage, rummages, rummaged, rummaging); noun (rummages)

meaning for a pupil

To rummage is to search by moving things about with your hands, often in a messy heap, looking for something lost. tree →

sense in the lessons

searching in boxes, corners or drawers for a lost thing; in tales the searchers turn everything over

examples

• I rummaged in my bag for my keys. tree →
• They rummaged in all the corners of the house. tree →
• The servants rummaged well, but found nothing. tree →
• Dad had a rummage in the attic for the old photos. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «rummage» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.