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# rummage

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

«rummage» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To rummage is to search by moving things about with your hands, often in a messy heap, looking for something lost. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rummage/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rummage/#x1)
- They rummaged in all the corners of the house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rummage/#x2)
- The servants rummaged well, but found nothing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rummage/#x3)
- Dad had a rummage in the attic for the old photos. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rummage/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rummage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rummage/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rummage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rummage.html) on Mova free.