Scavenge

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To search through for salvageable material: scavenged the garbage cans for food scraps.
  • v. To collect and remove refuse from: The streets are periodically scavenged.
  • v. To collect (salvageable material) by searching.
  • v. To expel (exhaust gases) from a cylinder of an internal-combustion engine.
  • v. To expel exhaust gases from (such a cylinder).
  • v. Metallurgy To clean (molten metal) by chemically removing impurities.
  • verb-intransitive. To search through refuse for useful material.
  • verb-intransitive. To feed on dead or decaying matter.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse for useful material
  • v. to remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities
  • v. to expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle
  • v. to feed on carrion or refuse
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To cleanse, as streets, from filth.
  • v. to salvage (usable items or material) from discarded or waste material.
  • v. To remove (burned gases) from the cylinder after a working stroke.
  • verb-intransitive. To remove the burned gases from the cylinder after a working stroke.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To cleanse from filth.
  • In certain forms of the internal-combustion motor, to sweep out of (the cylinder) by an inrush of atmospheric air the burnt products of the previous combustion-stroke. By thus cleansing or scavenging the cylinder the fresh intake of combustible mixture is not diluted with incombustible gases, nor is it heated by them so as to contain less weight of fuel per cubic foot of volume.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. collect discarded or refused material
  • v. remove unwanted substances from
  • v. feed on carrion or refuse
  • v. clean refuse from
    • Verb Form
    scavenged    scavenges    scavenging   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    garner    pull together    gather    collect    remove   
    Form
    scavenger    scavenge pump   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    clean   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    lube    wash-deck    handlift    offthe    cathode ray   
     
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