Rummage

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1. Noun

A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage; -- formerly written romage.

2. Noun

A searching carefully by looking into every corner, and by turning things over.

3. Verb

To make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close stowage; to stow closely; to pack; -- formerly written roomage, and romage.

4. Verb

To search or examine thoroughly by looking into every corner, and turning over or removing goods or other things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over leaf after leaf.

5. Verb

To search a place narrowly.

6. Noun

a jumble of things to be given away
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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