scavenge: betydning og definisjoner

To search through for salvageable material: scavenged the garbage cans for food scraps.

To collect and remove refuse from: The streets are periodically scavenged.

To collect (salvageable material) by searching.

To expel (exhaust gases) from a cylinder of an internal-combustion engine.

To expel exhaust gases from (such a cylinder).

Metallurgy To clean (molten metal) by chemically removing impurities.

To search through refuse for useful material.

To feed on dead or decaying matter.