SCAVENGE


Meaning of SCAVENGE in English

[ '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 combine with and remove (molecules, radicals, etc.) from a particular medium.

Origin

C17 (in the sense 'clean out'): back-form. from ~r .

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