English

scavenge

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scavenge


verb (used with object), scavenged, scavenging.

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), scavenged, scavenging.

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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