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Verb
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Present participle for to hunt or search about for something
scavenging
hunting
searching
foraging
rummaging
fossicking
sifting
looking
rooting about
rooting around
scratching around
scouring
ransacking
exploring
ferreting
rootling around
combing
seeking
grubbing
scrounging
ferrets about
casting about
fine-tooth-combing
casting around
ferreting around
looking round
rummaging around
nosing about
rummaging about
looking about
looking high and low
nosing round
hunting around
looking around
rummaging round
nosing around
looking for
scrounging around
casting round
delving
digging
rifling through
searching about
hunting through
going through
foraging around
fishing around
poking about
searching through
groping around
fishing about
poking around
scrabbling around
sifting through
fossicking through
feeling around
probing
scouting
fishing
scrabbling
rifling
rootling
scanning
burrowing
seeking out
tracking down
pursuing
raking
rooting
poking
examining
prying
investigating
questing
prospecting
skirring
searching out
turning upside down
turning inside out
ferreting out
going over with a fine-tooth comb
chasing
scouting out
browsing
fumbling
feeling
rousting
floundering
grubbing about
grabbling
looking through
surveying
discovering
groping
fingering
rooting through
poking about in
poking through
searching around
canvasing
recceing
reconnoitringUK
reconnoiteringUS
looking up and down
giving something a look-see
pioneering
staking out
casing
giving the once-over
giving something a going-over
running reconnaissance
feeling blindly
dredging
rousting around
trolling
scrutinizingUS
peering
scrutinisingUK
raking through
poking around in
rummaging around in
hunting around in
digging through
looking all round
shaking down
leaving no stone unturned
turning out
rummaging through
sorting through
looking all over for
turning over
scrabbling around in
looking into
tracing
dragging
winnowing
chasing down
foraging for
shopping for
looking up
foraging about
searching high heaven
looking all over hell
casting about for
going after
fishing for
casting around for
rootling about
scouring around
trying to find
Verb
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Present participle for to dig or poke about, especially in soil, in search of something
grubbing
digging
excavating
burrowing
tunnellingUK
tunnelingUS
shovelingUS
shovellingUK
delving
dredging
rooting
exploring
probing
spading
poking
sifting through
raking through
grubbing about
poking about
poking around
scratching around
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