scavenge
IPA: skˈævʌndʒ
verb
- (transitive) To collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material.
- (transitive) To remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities.
- (transitive) To expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle.
- (intransitive) To feed on carrion or refuse.
Advertisement
Examples of "scavenge" in Sentences
- Coyotes are scavengers.
- Scavenger watches the happening.
- This is a carnivore and a scavenger.
- The species is thought to be a scavenger.
- But Basil Brush will have to scavenge elsewhere.
- The Dubia cockroach is omnivorous and a scavenger.
- He is known to scavenge the swamps for fun and profit.
- It is often called the largest scavenger hunt in the world.
- The remainder of the compound functions to scavenge oxidized developer.
- It is similar to a scavenger hunt, but the object is to find the haunts.
Related Links
synonyms for scavengeAdvertisement
Advertisement