| delve | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. cut into, delve, dig, turn over | turn up, loosen, or remove earth.; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| ~ furrow, groove, rut | hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove.; "furrow soil" |
| ~ rootle, rout, root | dig with the snout.; "the pig was rooting for truffles" |
| ~ spade | dig (up) with a spade.; "I spade compost into the flower beds" |
| ~ shovel | dig with or as if with a shovel.; "shovel sand"; "he shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long" |
| ~ trowel | use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work. |
| ~ burrow, tunnel | move through by or as by digging.; "burrow through the forest" |
| rummage | | |
| n. (state) | 1. rummage | a jumble of things to be given away. |
| ~ clutter, fuddle, jumble, mare's nest, muddle, smother, welter | a confused multitude of things. |
| n. (act) | 2. ransacking, rummage | a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion).; "he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis" |
| ~ search, hunting, hunt | the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone. |
| v. (contact) | 3. rummage | search haphazardly.; "We rummaged through the drawers" |
| ~ search | subject to a search.; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys" |
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