verb🔗ShareTo arrange (cargo, goods, etc.) in the hold of a ship; to move or rearrange such goods."The dockworkers rummaged the crates in the ship's hold, trying to find the boxes marked "fragile." "nauticalsailingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo search a vessel for smuggled goods."After the long voyage, the customs officers rummaged the ship."nauticalpolicelawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged."She rummaged her purse in search of the keys."actionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
