Definitions of scavenger [ˈskæv ɪn dʒər]

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Definition of 'scavenger'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) scavenger
an animal or other organism that feeds on dead organic matter.

2.  scavenger
a person who scavenges for useful material.

3.  scavenger
a street cleaner.

4.  scavenger
a chemical that consumes or renders inactive the impurities in a mixture.

Etymology: (1520–30; earlier scavager < AF scawageour=(e)scawage inspection (escaw(er) to inspect (< MD schauwen to look at, c. show ) +-age -age ) +-eour -or²)

Definition of 'scavenger'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) scavenger
a chemical agent that is added to a chemical mixture to counteract the effects of impurities

2. (noun) magpie, scavenger, pack rat
someone who collects things that have been discarded by others

3. (noun) scavenger
any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter

Definition of 'scavenger'

Webster Dictionary

1. scavenger
a person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping, and carrying off the filth. The name is also applied to any animal which devours refuse, carrion, or anything injurious to health

Translation of 'scavenger'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to search for useful or usable objects, food etc amongst rubbish etc.
Afrikaans: straatveër	Arabic: زَبّال، كَنّاس	Bulgarian: боклукчия
Brazilian: vira-latas	Czech: prohledávač odpadků, hadr	German: der Straßenkehrer
Danish: ådselæder	Greek: ρακοσυλλέκτης	Spanish: rebuscador, trapero; anim
Estonian: raisasööjaloom, prügis tu	Farsi: لاشخور	Finnish: haaskaeläin
French: éboueur/-euse; fouilleur/	Hebrew: אוֹכֵל נְבֵלוֹת	Hindi: दृश्य लेख
Croatian: osoba koja skuplja odbače	Hungarian: guberáló	Indonesian: pemulung
Icelandic: skransafnari; hrææta	Italian: (chi cerca tra i rifiuti)	Japanese: ゴミをあさる人
Korean: 썩은 고기를 먹는 동물	Lithuanian: naršytojas	Latvian: miskastnieks; mēslu rušķi
Malay: pencari barang-barang yan	Dutch: voddenraper	Norwegian: åtseldyr; person som leve
Polish: osoba, która szuka (np. p	Persian: لاشخور	Pashto: جيفه خور
Portuguese: o que vasculha o lixo	Romanian: măturător de stradă; cel	Russian: мусорщик; любитель копать
Slovak: kto vyberá odpadky zo sme	Slovenian: ki brska po smeteh	Serbian: skupljač otpadaka
Swedish: asätare	Thai: คนที่ค้นหาสิ่งของ; สัตว์ท	Turkish: çöp karıştırıcı
Taiwanese: 拾荒者，食腐肉的動物	Ukrainian: людина, що перериває поки	Urdu: کباڑیا، مردار خور جانور
Vietnamese: người bới rác	Chinese: 捡破烂的人，清道夫，食腐动物
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