scavenge
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scav·enge
(skăv′ənj)v. scav·enged, scav·eng·ing, scav·eng·es
v.tr.
1.
a. To collect (useful items) by searching through refuse: scavenged a chair from the neighbor's trash.
b. To search through (a place or container) for useful items.
2. To feed on (dead or decaying matter). Used especially of animals.
3.
a. To expel (exhaust gases) from a cylinder of an internal-combustion engine.
b. To expel exhaust gases from (such a cylinder).
4.
a. To clean (molten metal) by chemically removing impurities.
b. To remove or inactivate (harmful chemicals or impurities) in a mixture: antioxidants that scavenge free radicals from the body.
v.intr.
1. To search through refuse for useful items.
2. To feed on dead or decaying matter.
[Back-formation from scavenger.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
scavenge
(ˈskævɪndʒ)vb
1. to search for (anything usable) among discarded material
2. (Metallurgy) (tr) to purify (a molten metal) by bubbling a suitable gas through it. The gas may be inert or may react with the impurities
3. to clean up filth from (streets, etc)
4. (Chemistry) chem to act as a scavenger for (atoms, molecules, ions, radicals, etc)
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
scav•enge
(ˈskæv ɪndʒ)v. -enged, -eng•ing. v.t.
1. to take or gather (something usable) from discarded material.
2. to cleanse of filth, as a street.
3. to expel burnt gases from (the cylinder of an internal-combustion engine).
v.i. 4. to act as a scavenger: to scavenge for food.
[1635–45; back formation from scavenger]
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scavenge
Past participle: scavenged
Gerund: scavenging
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Verb | 1. | scavenge - clean refuse from; "Scavenge a street" clean, make clean - make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from; "Clean the stove!"; "The dentist cleaned my teeth" |
2. | scavenge - collect discarded or refused material; "She scavenged the garbage cans for food" gather, pull together, collect, garner - assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together" | |
3. | scavenge - feed on carrion or refuse; "hyenas scavenge" | |
4. | scavenge - remove unwanted substances from chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions |
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scavenge
verb search, hunt, forage, rummage, root about, fossick (Austral. & N.Z.), scratch about, grub about The foxes come and scavenge for bones.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
يَبْحَث بَين الزِّبالَه
vybírat popelnice
søge
guberál
leita aî fæîi/nothæfum hlutum í sorpi
rakņāties atkritumos
çöp karıştırmak
scavenge
[ˈskævɪndʒ]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
scavenge
[ˈskævɪndʒ] vi [person] → faire les poubellesto scavenge for food [person] → faire les poubelles à la recherche de nourriture; [hyena] → se nourrir de charognes
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
scavenge
vt (lit, fig) → ergattern; the scraps are scavenged by hungry gulls → hungrige Möwen ergattern or holen sich (dat) → die Essensreste; the tramp scavenged food from the piles of litter → der Landstreicher plünderte die Abfallhaufen
vi (lit) → Nahrung suchen; to scavenge for something → nach etw suchen; jackals live by scavenging → Schakale leben von Aas; to scavenge in the bins → die Abfalleimer plündern; he’s always scavenging around in scrapyards → er durchstöbert dauernd die Schrottplätze
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
scavenge
[ˈskævɪndʒ]2. vi (hyenas, birds) → nutrirsi di carogne
to scavenge (for) (person) → frugare tra i rifiuti (alla ricerca di)
to scavenge (for) (person) → frugare tra i rifiuti (alla ricerca di)
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
scavenge
(ˈskӕvindʒ) verb to search for useful or usable objects, food etc amongst rubbish etc.
ˈscavenger nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.