root about

rebuscar, revolver

Buscar algo moviendo y revolviendo cosas, a menudo sin orden.

En inglés sencillo: To search for something by moving things around, often without much order.

• I rooted about in the drawer.
• He was rooting about for his glasses.
• Have you been rooting about in my cupboard again?

Cómo se usa: root about in something (I rooted about in my bag for the ticket.); root about for something (She rooted about for a spare key.)

Sinónimos: rummage, hunt around

Expresiones frecuentes: root about for something, root about in something

hozar, buscar comida

Buscar comida removiendo tierra u otros materiales con el hocico.

En inglés sencillo: To search for food by pushing the nose around in soil or other material.

• The pigs root about in the mud.
• A boar rooted about beneath the trees.
• The animals were rooting about for food among the leaves.

Cómo se usa: root about in something (The pigs rooted about in the soft earth.); root about for something (Wild boars root about for roots and insects.)

Sinónimos: forage

Expresiones frecuentes: root about for food, root about in mud