koluta — meaning in English

English meaning

• rake noun A garden tool with a row of teeth on a long handle, used to gather leaves or debris or to smooth soil.
• ransack verb To search a place thoroughly and roughly, often leaving it in disorder.
• rummage verb To search through something messily, moving things aside carelessly.

Senses

koluta is used for these senses in English:

• poke around To search for something, especially in an unorganized way
• rake (ambitransitive, figurative) To search through (thoroughly).
• ransack (transitive) To make a vigorous and thorough search of (a place, person) with a view to stealing something, especially when leaving behind a state of disarray.
• rummage (transitive) To search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged.

rake — full definition

1. noun A garden tool with a row of teeth on a long handle, used to gather leaves or debris or to smooth soil.
2. verb To gather, smooth, or clear something using a rake or a similar sweeping motion.
3. verb To fire a weapon in a sweeping motion along the length of a target.
4. noun A backward slant, especially of a ship's mast or funnel, or of a theatre stage or seating.
5. noun A man who lives a reckless, self-indulgent, and often promiscuous lifestyle.

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