ransacking, rummage
(noun) a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion); “he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn’t find his skis”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ransacking
present participle of ransack
ransacking (plural ransackings)
The act by which something is ransacked.
Source: Wiktionary
Ran"sack, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ransacked; p. pr. & vb. n. Ransacking.] Etym: [OE. ransaken, Icel, rannsaka to explore, examine; rann a house (akin to Goth. razn house, AS. ræsn plank, beam) + the root of sækja to seek, akin to E. seek. See Seek, and cf. Rest repose.]
1. To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house. To ransack every corner of their . . . hearts. South.
2. To plunder; to pillage completely. Their vow is made To ransack Troy. Shak.
3. To violate; to ravish; to defiour. [Obs.] Rich spoil of ransacked chastity. Spenser.
Ran"sack, v. i.
Definition: To make a thorough search. To ransack in the tas [heap] of bodies dead. Chaucer.
Ran"sack, n.
Definition: The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage. [R.] Even your father's house Shall not be free fromransack. J. Webster.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 November 2024
(adjective) furnished with inhabitants; “the area is well populated”; “forests populated with all kinds of wild life”
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