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scavenge

[ skav-inj ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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 impurities.

, scav·enged, scav·eng·ing.

scavenge

/ ˈskævɪndʒ /

to search for (anything usable) among discarded material
tr to purify (a molten metal) by bubbling a suitable gas through it. The gas may be inert or may react with the impurities
to clean up filth from (streets, etc)
chem to act as a scavenger for (atoms, molecules, ions, radicals, etc)

First recorded in 1635–45; back formation from scavenger

And towns on the edge of their range have and will experience more interaction as the bears arrive to scavenge.

In middle school, the young boy would scavenge nearby trash yards in the capital of Freetown to find parts for his inventions.

People have to scavenge or make everything, either by themselves or as part of a cooperative community.

Inspired us to scavenge for even more erotic bedtime reading.

He will scavenge any book in any language for another puzzle piece.

It was not implied that it was part of the duty of the Bembridge green committee to scavenge the seashore.

Neglect of local authority to scavenge after undertaking to do so, 5s.

The symbiote might produce sugars, scavenge the blood of toxins—there are so many things it could do.

There was a fair chance this early that he could scavenge something edible.

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