Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to rummage
Participle: rummaged
Gerund: rummaging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | rummage |
| you | rummage |
| he;she;it | rummages |
| we | rummage |
| you | rummage |
| they | rummage |
Perfect
| I | have rummaged |
| you | have rummaged |
| he;she;it | has rummaged |
| we | have rummaged |
| you | have rummaged |
| they | have rummaged |
Past
| I | rummaged |
| you | rummaged |
| he;she;it | rummaged |
| we | rummaged |
| you | rummaged |
| they | rummaged |
Pluperfect
| I | had rummaged |
| you | had rummaged |
| he;she;it | had rummaged |
| we | had rummaged |
| you | had rummaged |
| they | had rummaged |
Future
| I | will rummage |
| you | will rummage |
| he;she;it | will rummage |
| we | will rummage |
| you | will rummage |
| they | will rummage |
Future Perfect
| I | will have rummaged |
| you | will have rummaged |
| he;she;it | will have rummaged |
| we | will have rummaged |
| you | will have rummaged |
| they | will have rummaged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | rummage |
| you | rummage |
| he;she;it | rummage |
| we | rummage |
| you | rummage |
| they | rummage |
Perfect
| I | have rummaged |
| you | have rummaged |
| he;she;it | have rummaged |
| we | have rummaged |
| you | have rummaged |
| they | have rummaged |
Imperfect
| I | rummaged |
| you | rummaged |
| he;she;it | rummaged |
| we | rummaged |
| you | rummaged |
| they | rummaged |
Pluperfect
| I | had rummaged |
| you | had rummaged |
| he;she;it | had rummaged |
| we | had rummaged |
| you | had rummaged |
| they | had rummaged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would rummage |
| you | would rummage |
| he;she;it | would rummage |
| we | would rummage |
| you | would rummage |
| they | would rummage |
Perfect
| I | would have rummaged |
| you | would have rummaged |
| he;she;it | would have rummaged |
| we | would have rummaged |
| you | would have rummaged |
| they | would have rummaged |
Imperative
| you | rummage |
| we | Let's rummage |
| you | rummage |
Verbs conjugated like 'rummage'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'rummage'
rampage,
reimage,
romage,
scrummage,
summate,
brumate,
bumbaze,
bummle,
damage,
gemmate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- try to find something
- fish, rifle
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1526, "act of arranging cargo in a ship," aphetic of M.Fr. arrumage "arrangement of cargo," from arrumer "to stow goods in the hold of a ship," from a- "to" + rumer, probably from Gmc. (cf. O.N. rum "compartment in a ship," O.H.G. rum "space," O.E. rum, see room). Meaning "to search (the hold of a ship) thoroughly" first recorded 1628. Rummage sale (1858) originally was a sale at docks of unclaimed goods.
2. From Middle English ronage, from Old French arrumage (compare French arrimage), from arrumer (“to arrange the cargo in the hold”) (compare French arrimer and Spanish arrumar).
Sample Sentences
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After the long voyage, the customs officers rummaged the ship.
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She rummaged her purse in search of the keys.
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The burglars rummaged the entire house for cash and jewellery.
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He[…]searcheth his pockets, and taketh his keys, and so rummageth all his closets and trunks. [1655, James Howell, “To the Rt. Hon. the Lord Mohun”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC:]
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What schoolboy of us has not rummaged his Greek dictionary in vain for a satisfactory account! [1866, Matthew Arnold, The Study of Celtic Literature:]
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British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far. [2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:]
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She rummaged in the drawers trying to find the missing sock.
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Philander went into the next room[…]and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack. [1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:]