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Scavenge

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Verb

1. scavenge

clean refuse from

Example Sentences:
'Scavenge a street'

2. salvage, scavenge

collect discarded or refused material

Example Sentences:
'She scavenged the garbage cans for food'

3. scavenge

feed on carrion or refuse

Example Sentences:
'hyenas scavenge'

4. clean, scavenge

remove unwanted substances from

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Scavenge

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verb
1. 
to search for (anything usable) among discarded material
2. (transitive)
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
to act as a scavenger for (atoms, molecules, ions, radicals, etc)

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Scavenge

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈscavenged or ˈscavenging
1. 
to clean up (streets, alleys, etc.); remove rubbish, dirt, or garbage from
2. 
to salvage (usable goods) by rummaging through refuse or discards
3. 
to remove burned gases from (the cylinder of an internal-combustion engine)
4.  Metallurgy
to clean (molten metal) by using a substance that will combine chemically with the impurities present
verb intransitive
5. 
to act as a scavenger
6. 
to look for food

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Scavenge

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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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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