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scavengering

scavengering is the present participle and gerund of scavenger.

Meaning of scavenger

Verb

scavenger (third-person singular simple present scavengers, present participle scavengering, simple past and past participle scavengered)

  1. (archaic) To scavenge.
  2. (archaic) To clean the rubbish from a street, etc.

See all 7 meanings of scavenger

Noun

scavengering (plural scavengerings)

  1. (dated) scavenging

Forms of scavengering

pluralscavengerings

Questions about scavengering

What does scavengering mean?
Scavengering means scavenging.
What is scavengering the present participle and gerund of?
Scavengering is the present participle and gerund of scavenger.
What part of speech is scavengering?
Scavengering is a noun.
What is the plural of scavengering?
The plural of scavengering is scavengerings.

Words near scavengering in the dictionary

  1. scavenger sale
  2. scavenger sales
  3. scavenger's daughter
  4. scavenger's daughters
  5. scavengered
  6. scavengering
  7. scavengerings
  8. scavengerism
  9. scavengerous
  10. scavengers
  11. scavengership

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scavengering (page history and authors); scavenger (page history and authors). 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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