penkoa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- delve verb To search thoroughly into something, especially information or a topic, in order to learn more.
- fish noun A cold-blooded animal that lives in water, breathes through gills, and swims using fins.
- forage verb To search for food, especially in the wild.
- pry verb To inquire into someone else's private affairs in a nosy or unwelcome way.
- ransack verb To search a place thoroughly and roughly, often leaving it in disorder.
- rifle noun A long-barrelled firearm fired from the shoulder, with spiral grooves inside the barrel for accuracy.
- rummage verb To search through something messily, moving things aside carelessly.
- search verb To look carefully in order to find someone or something.
Senses
penkoa is used for these senses in English:
- delve (ambitransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out
- fish (intransitive, followed by "for" or "around for") To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something, or seek to obtain something by artifice.
- forage To rummage.
- 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.
- rifle (transitive) To search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder.
- rummage (transitive) To search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged.
delve — full definition
- verb To search thoroughly into something, especially information or a topic, in order to learn more.
- verb To dig into the ground.
fish — full definition
- noun A cold-blooded animal that lives in water, breathes through gills, and swims using fins.
- noun The flesh of such an animal, eaten as food.
- verb To try to catch fish.
- verb To search for or try to obtain something indirectly, often through hints or probing questions.