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 Definitions of scavenge  [ˈskæv ɪndʒ]  

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Definition of 'scavenge' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) scavenge
to take or gather (something usable) from discarded material.

2.  scavenge
to cleanse of filth, as a street.

3.  scavenge
to expel burnt gases from (the cylinder of an internal-combustion engine).

4. (v.i.) scavenge
to act as a scavenger:
to scavenge for food.

Etymology:  (1635–45; back formation from scavenger)

Definition of 'scavenge' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) scavenge
clean refuse from
"Scavenge a street"

2. (verb) salvage, scavenge
collect discarded or refused material
"She scavenged the garbage cans for food"

3. (verb) scavenge
feed on carrion or refuse
"hyenas scavenge"

4. (verb) scavenge, clean
remove unwanted substances from


Definition of 'scavenge' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) scavenge
to cleanse, as streets, from filth


Translation of 'scavenge' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to search for useful or usable objects, food etc amongst rubbish etc.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: aas Arabic flag Arabic: يَبْحَث بَين الزِّبالَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: претърсвам сметта
Brazilian flag Brazilian: vasculhar o lixo Czech flag Czech: vybírat popelnice German flag German: reinigen
Danish flag Danish: søge Greek flag Greek: ψάχνω στα σκουπίδια Spanish flag Spanish: andar buscando entre la b
Estonian flag Estonian: songima Farsi flag Farsi: لاشخوري كردن Finnish flag Finnish: tonkia
French flag French: fouiller les poubelles Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְחַטֵט בְּאַשפָּה Hindi flag Hindi: सफाई करना
Croatian flag Croatian: tražiti korisne odbačene Hungarian flag Hungarian: guberál Indonesian flag Indonesian: mengais-ngais
Icelandic flag Icelandic: leita að fæði/nothæfum hl Italian flag Italian: (rovistare tra i rifiuti) Japanese flag Japanese: ゴミをあさる
Korean flag Korean: 쓰레기 더미를 뒤지다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: naršyti Latvian flag Latvian: rakņāties atkritumos
Malay flag Malay: mencari-cari makanan atau Dutch flag Dutch: afval doorzoeken Norwegian flag Norwegian: lete etter mat/gjenstande
Polish flag Polish: szukać czegoś (np. pożywi Persian flag Persian: لاشخوري كردن Pashto flag Pashto: دپاتى، شونو ټو لونكى، د ت
Portuguese flag Portuguese: vasculhar o lixo Romanian flag Romanian: a căuta în gunoaie Russian flag Russian: рыться в мусоре, отбросах
Slovak flag Slovak: vyberať odpadové koše Slovenian flag Slovenian: brskati Serbian flag Serbian: tražiti po đubretu
Swedish flag Swedish: rota (söka) i Thai flag Thai: คุ้ยเขี่ย; ค้นหา Turkish flag Turkish: çöp karıştırmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 拾破爛,在...中搜尋有用之物 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: ритися у смітті Urdu flag Urdu: کوڑا کباڑ میں استعمال کی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bới rác Chinese flag Chinese: 拾破烂

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