scavenge
UK/ˈskæv.ɪndʒ/
scavenge verb: to collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material.
Verb
scavenge (third-person singular simple present scavenges, present participle scavenging, simple past and past participle scavenged)
- To collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material.
- We scavenged a couple of old beer cans for our art project.
- They had to scavenge the forest for firewood.
- To remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities.
- To expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle.
- To feed on carrion or refuse.
scavenge meaning in Malayalam
scavenge in Malayalam
- hunt, search, look
- ചപ്പുകളിൽ തിരയുക, ചിക്കുക, പരണ്ടുക, ചിനക്കുക, തപ്പിത്തിരയുക, തിരച്ചിൽ നടത്തുക
Examples of scavenge in a sentence
- I surprised a raccoon scavenging through the garbage last night.
- He built his first hoverchair all by himself out of scavenged parts when he was only eight!
- Tens of thousands of the unemployed scavenged the streets collecting cardboard, an enduring image that gave rise to the term “cartoneros.”
Synonyms of scavenge
Forms of scavenge
| third-person singular present | scavenges |
|---|---|
| present participle | scavenging |
| past participle | scavenged |
| past | scavenged |
Origin of scavenge
Back-formation from scavenger. Compare messenger and passenger.
Words formed from scavenge
Phrases with scavenge
Questions about scavenge
- What does scavenge mean?
- Scavenge means to collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material.
- What is scavenge in Malayalam?
- Scavenge in Malayalam is ചപ്പുകളിൽ തിരയുക, ചിക്കുക, പരണ്ടുക. See Scavenge meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is scavenge?
- Scavenge is a verb.
- How do you pronounce scavenge?
- Scavenge is pronounced /ˈskæv.ɪndʒ/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of scavenge?
- The past tense of scavenge is scavenged.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: scavenge (page history and authors); scavenge (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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