- scavenge for
- phr verbScavenge for is used with these nouns as the object: ↑food
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scavenge for
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scavenge — [[t]skæ̱vɪnʤ[/t]] scavenges, scavenging, scavenged VERB If people or animals scavenge for things, they collect them by searching among waste or unwanted objects. [V for n] Many are orphans, their parents killed as they scavenged for food... [V… … English dictionary
scavenge — scav|enge [ˈskævındʒ] v [I and T] [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: scavenger (16 21 centuries), from scavager tax collector, someone who cleans streets (15 19 centuries), from scavage tax on goods sold (15 19 centuries), from Old North French escauwage… … Dictionary of contemporary English
scavenge — v. (D; intr.) to scavenge for * * * [ skævɪndʒ] (D; intr.) to scavenge for … Combinatory dictionary
scavenge — verb they scavenge for food in the restaurant s trash cans Syn: forage, rummage, search, hunt, look, root around/about, grub around/about … Thesaurus of popular words
scavenge — scav•enge [[t]ˈskæv ɪndʒ[/t]] v. enged, eng•ing 1) to take or gather (something usable) from discarded material 2) to cleanse of filth, as a street 3) aum to expel burnt gases from (the cylinder of an internal combustion engine) 4) to act as a… … From formal English to slang
scavenge — ► VERB 1) search for and collect (anything usable) from discarded waste. 2) search for (carrion) as food. 3) technical combine with and remove (a substance) from a medium … English terms dictionary
scavenge — [skav′inj] vt. scavenged, scavenging [back form. < SCAVENGER] 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… … English World dictionary
scavenge — verb (I, T) 1 if an animal scavenges, it eats anything that it can find: dogs scavenging from the dustbins 2 if someone scavenges, they search through things that other people do not want for food or useful objects (+ for): a man scavenging for… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
scavenge — [ skavɪn(d)ʒ] verb 1》 search for and collect (anything usable) from discarded waste. ↘search for (carrion) as food. 2》 remove (combustion products) from an internal combustion engine cylinder on the return stroke of the piston. 3》 Chemistry… … English new terms dictionary
scavenge — v 1. cleanse, clean up, tidy, sweep up, hose down. 2. search, seek, hunt, prowl, look for, dig for; scrounge, forage, rummage, plunder; rustle up, Inf. scare up; Inf. sponge, Sl. mooch, Inf. freeload, Inf. bum … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
