rebuscar

v.

1 to search (around in).

2 to search painstakingly for, to beat about for, to cast about for, to beat around for.

3 to rummage, to forage.

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rebuscar

Conjugation model [SACAR], like {{link=sacar}}sacar

► verbo transitivo

1 to search carefully for

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1. VT

1) [+ objeto] to search carefully for; (Agr) to glean

2) [+ lugar] to search carefully; [+ montón] to search through, rummage in

2.

VI (=buscar minuciosamente) to search carefully; (Agr) to glean

estuve rebuscando en los armarios y no lo encontré — I was looking in the cupboards and I couldn't find it

3.

See:

rebuscarse

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verbo intransitivo

rebuscó entre los papeles — he searched through the papers

rebusqué en sus bolsillos — I went through o searched his pockets

rebuscaba en la basura — he was rummaging about in the garbage

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= comb trough, fumble through, rummage (among/through), grub around, root through, forage, comb, root, rifle through.

Ex. By contrast, in the 1962 BTI three entry headings, with one entry under each, and seven cross reference headings, have to be combed through to find reference from 'HYDROGEN Peroxide, Bleaching, Cotton' to its reverse.

Ex. Stanton drew a breath and went on, 'We'll accept equivalent experience in lieu of professional experience... Let me get the exact wording' -- she fumbled through some papers in a folder -- 'so long as it, ah! here it is, quote, is sufficient to indicate ability to do the job, unquote'.

Ex. But searching an Internet database through hot new technique such as Wide Area Information Servers is vastly different from using the BITNET protocols to rummage through files on one of its server computers.

Ex. They are often looking for a call number so that they can go into the stacks and grub around in the materials near that call number.

Ex. The library would send out squads of trained personnel to root through the piles looking for worthwhile items to be catalogued and shelved.

Ex. We both woke up bright and early to forage for food nearby, which was a breeze.

Ex. All barnacles are filter feeders -- extending feathery legs into the water at high tide to comb plankton from the water.

Ex. We let our 4 hens loose to root in the garden but I think it's not a good idea in the long run, as they would kill raspberries and other plants.

Ex. We could rifle through history and find many a world leader who has had a misty-eyed public moment.

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* mendigo que rebusca en la basura = dumpster rat.

* rebuscar en = sift through.

* rebuscar en la memoria = comb + Posesivo + memory.

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verbo intransitivo

rebuscó entre los papeles — he searched through the papers

rebusqué en sus bolsillos — I went through o searched his pockets

rebuscaba en la basura — he was rummaging about in the garbage

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= comb trough, fumble through, rummage (among/through), grub around, root through, forage, comb, root, rifle through.

Ex: By contrast, in the 1962 BTI three entry headings, with one entry under each, and seven cross reference headings, have to be combed through to find reference from 'HYDROGEN Peroxide, Bleaching, Cotton' to its reverse.

Ex: Stanton drew a breath and went on, 'We'll accept equivalent experience in lieu of professional experience... Let me get the exact wording' -- she fumbled through some papers in a folder -- 'so long as it, ah! here it is, quote, is sufficient to indicate ability to do the job, unquote'.

Ex: But searching an Internet database through hot new technique such as Wide Area Information Servers is vastly different from using the BITNET protocols to rummage through files on one of its server computers.

Ex: They are often looking for a call number so that they can go into the stacks and grub around in the materials near that call number.

Ex: The library would send out squads of trained personnel to root through the piles looking for worthwhile items to be catalogued and shelved.

Ex: We both woke up bright and early to forage for food nearby, which was a breeze.

Ex: All barnacles are filter feeders -- extending feathery legs into the water at high tide to comb plankton from the water.

Ex: We let our 4 hens loose to root in the garden but I think it's not a good idea in the long run, as they would kill raspberries and other plants.

Ex: We could rifle through history and find many a world leader who has had a misty-eyed public moment.

* mendigo que rebusca en la basura = dumpster rat.

* rebuscar en = sift through.

* rebuscar en la memoria = comb + Posesivo + memory.

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rebuscar [A2 ]

vi

rebuscó entre los papeles de la mesa he searched through the papers on the desk

rebusqué en sus bolsillos I went through o searched his pockets

los perros rebuscaban en la basura the dogs were rummaging about in the garbage

■ rebuscarse

v pron

(AmS fam): rebuscárselas to get by

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rebuscar (conjugate rebuscar) verbo intransitivo:

◊ rebuscó entre los papeles he searched through the papers;

rebuscaba en la basura he was rummaging about in the garbage
rebuscar verbo intransitivo & vt to search throroughly: rebuscó entre las carpetas, she went through the files with a fine-tooth comb
el gato rebuscaba en la basura, the cat rummaged through the rubbish

'rebuscar' also found in these entries:
English:
forage
- fish

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rebuscar

♦ vi

to search (around);

no me gusta que rebusques en mis cajones I don't like you poking around in o going through my drawers;

rebusqué por todas partes pero no lo encontré I searched everywhere but I couldn't find it

♦ See also the pronominal verb rebuscarse

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rebuscar

v/t AGR glean; fig

search for

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rebuscar {72} vi

: to search thoroughly