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

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne