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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rummage/#m1)

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rummage» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rummage/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.