| slovo | definícia |
ransack
(encz) | ransack,prohrabat v: Zdeněk Brož |
ransack
(encz) | ransack,vyplenit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Ransack
(gcide) | Ransack \Ran"sack\ (r[a^]n"s[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Ransacked (-s[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Ransacking.] [OE.
ransaken, Icel. rannsaka to explore, examine; rann a house
(akin to Goth. razn house, AS. r[ae]sn plank, beam) + the
root of s[ae]kja to seek, akin to E. seek. See Seek, and
cf. Rest repose.]
1. To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of;
as, to ransack a house.
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To ransack every corner of their . . . hearts.
--South.
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2. To plunder; to pillage completely.
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Their vow is made
To ransack Troy. --Shak.
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3. To violate; to ravish; to defiour. [Obs.]
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Rich spoil of ransacked chastity. --Spenser.
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Ransack
(gcide) | Ransack \Ran"sack\, v. i.
To make a thorough search.
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To ransack in the tas [heap] of bodies dead. --Chaucer.
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Ransack
(gcide) | Ransack \Ran"sack\, n.
The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage.
[R.]
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Even your father's house
Shall not be free from ransack. --J. Webster.
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ransack
(wn) | ransack
v 1: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people
looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" [syn:
plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle,
ransack, pillage, foray]
2: search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing
child" [syn: comb, ransack] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
ransack
(encz) | ransack,prohrabat v: Zdeněk Brožransack,vyplenit v: Zdeněk Brož |
ransacked
(encz) | ransacked,vypleněný adj: Zdeněk Brožransacked,vyplenil v: Zdeněk Brož |
ransacking
(encz) | ransacking, n: |
Ransacked
(gcide) | Ransack \Ran"sack\ (r[a^]n"s[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Ransacked (-s[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Ransacking.] [OE.
ransaken, Icel. rannsaka to explore, examine; rann a house
(akin to Goth. razn house, AS. r[ae]sn plank, beam) + the
root of s[ae]kja to seek, akin to E. seek. See Seek, and
cf. Rest repose.]
1. To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of;
as, to ransack a house.
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To ransack every corner of their . . . hearts.
--South.
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2. To plunder; to pillage completely.
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Their vow is made
To ransack Troy. --Shak.
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3. To violate; to ravish; to defiour. [Obs.]
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Rich spoil of ransacked chastity. --Spenser.
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Ransacking
(gcide) | Ransack \Ran"sack\ (r[a^]n"s[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Ransacked (-s[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Ransacking.] [OE.
ransaken, Icel. rannsaka to explore, examine; rann a house
(akin to Goth. razn house, AS. r[ae]sn plank, beam) + the
root of s[ae]kja to seek, akin to E. seek. See Seek, and
cf. Rest repose.]
1. To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of;
as, to ransack a house.
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To ransack every corner of their . . . hearts.
--South.
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2. To plunder; to pillage completely.
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Their vow is made
To ransack Troy. --Shak.
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3. To violate; to ravish; to defiour. [Obs.]
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Rich spoil of ransacked chastity. --Spenser.
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Unransacked
(gcide) | Unransacked \Unransacked\
See ransacked. |
ransack
(wn) | ransack
v 1: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people
looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" [syn:
plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle,
ransack, pillage, foray]
2: search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing
child" [syn: comb, ransack] |
ransacked
(wn) | ransacked
adj 1: wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value; "the
robbers left the looted train"; "people returned to the
plundered village" [syn: looted, pillaged,
plundered, ransacked] |
ransacking
(wn) | ransacking
n 1: a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or
confusion); "he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't
find his skis" [syn: ransacking, rummage] |
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