Associations to the word «Scavenge»

Wiktionary

SCAVENGE, verb. (transitive) to collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material
SCAVENGE, verb. (transitive) to remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities
SCAVENGE, verb. (transitive) to expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle
SCAVENGE, verb. (intransitive) to feed on carrion or refuse

Dictionary definition

SCAVENGE, verb. Clean refuse from; "Scavenge a street".
SCAVENGE, verb. Collect discarded or refused material; "She scavenged the garbage cans for food".
SCAVENGE, verb. Feed on carrion or refuse; "hyenas scavenge".
SCAVENGE, verb. Remove unwanted substances from.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin