- verbscavenge (verb) · scavenges (third person present) · scavenged (past tense) · scavenged (past participle) · scavenging (present participle)
- search for and collect (anything usable) from discarded waste:"people sell junk scavenged from the garbage" · "the city dump where the squatters scavenge to survive"
- (of an animal) search for (carrion) as food.
- search for discarded items or food in (a place):"the mink is still commonly seen scavenging the beaches of California"
- remove (combustion products) from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine on the return stroke of the piston.
- chemistrycombine with and remove (molecules, groups, etc.) from a particular medium:"chlorine molecules can scavenge ozone at a very fast rate"
Originmid 17th century (in the sense ‘clean out (dirt)’): back-formation from scavenger.
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- To scavenge means to search for or gather food or other objects in other people's rubbish or waste1234. It can also refer to the act of taking or gathering something usable from discarded material35. In the case of wild animals, scavenging involves feeding on the flesh of dead decaying animals14. In automotive and metallurgy contexts, scavenging refers to expelling burnt gases from the cylinder of an internal-combustion engine or purifying molten metal by introducing a substance that will combine chemically with impurities5.Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.scavenge verb [ I or T ] uk / ˈskæv.ɪndʒ / us / ˈskæv.ɪndʒ / to look for or get food or other objects in other people's rubbish: The flood has left people and animals desperately scavenging for food. We managed to scavenge a lot of furniture from the dump. If a wild animal scavenges, it feeds on the flesh of dead ...dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/scaven…/ˈskævɪndʒɪŋ/ [transitive, intransitive] (of a person, an animal or a bird) to search through waste for things that can be used or eaten scavenge something (from something) Much of their furniture was scavenged from other people's garbage. scavenge (through something) (for something) Dogs and foxes scavenged through the ...www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/engli…scav•enge /ˈskævɪndʒ/ v., -enged, -eng•ing. to gather by searching (something that can be used) from rubbish: [ no object; (~ + for + object)] The vultures scavenged for food. [ ~ + object] scavenged some parts. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2022 scav•enge (skav′ inj), v., ...www.wordreference.com/definition/scavengeus / ˈskæv.ɪndʒ / uk / ˈskæv.ɪndʒ / to look for or get food or other objects in other people's garbage: The flood has left people and animals desperately scavenging for food. We managed to scavenge a lot of furniture from the dump. If a wild animal scavenges, it feeds on the flesh of dead decaying animals.dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/scav…verb (used with object), scav·enged, scav·eng·ing. to take or gather (something usable) from discarded material. to cleanse of filth, as a street. to expel burnt gases from (the cylinder of an internal-combustion engine). Metallurgy. to purify (molten metal) by introducing a substance that will combine chemically with ...www.dictionary.com/browse/scavenge
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