scavenge
Use Scavenge in a sentence
ɪndʒ verb (used with object)
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).
4.
Metallurgy. to purify (molten metal) by introducing a substance that will combine chemically with impurities.
verb (used without object)
5.
to act as a scavenger.
6.
(of an engine or cylinder) to become scavenged of burnt gases.
7.
to search, especially for food.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to search for (anything usable) among discarded material |
| 2. | (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. | chem to act as a scavenger for (atoms, molecules, ions, radicals, etc) |
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Example sentences
It will also scavenge carrion, and can eat up to half its body weight at a feeding.
We venture out briefly from our safe houses to scavenge for food and weapons, but the horde is growing.
To scavenge the past is to discover what amused and enthralled our parents and grandparents, moved them to laughter or tears.
They scavenge the skins from a nearby market, one explained, then sell them plucked for a few cents.
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