Definition of scavenge

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scav·enge    (skvnj) KEY  

VERB:
scav·enged , scav·eng·ing , scav·eng·es
VERB:
tr.

1. To search through for salvageable material: scavenged the garbage cans for food scraps.
2. To collect and remove refuse from: The streets are periodically scavenged.
3. To collect (salvageable material) by searching.
4. 1. To expel (exhaust gases) from a cylinder of an internal-combustion engine.
   2. To expel exhaust gases from (such a cylinder).
5. Metallurgy To clean (molten metal) by chemically removing impurities.

VERB:
intr.

1. To search through refuse for useful material.
2. To feed on dead or decaying matter.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Back-formation from scavenger

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