to scavenge for food

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• scavenge for — phr verb Scavenge for is used with these nouns as the object: ↑food …   Collocations dictionary

• scavenge — verb they scavenge for food in the restaurant s trash cans Syn: forage, rummage, search, hunt, look, root around/about, grub around/about …   Thesaurus of popular words

• scavenge — scav•enge [[t]ˈskæv ɪndʒ[/t]] v. enged, eng•ing 1) to take or gather (something usable) from discarded material 2) to cleanse of filth, as a street 3) aum to expel burnt gases from (the cylinder of an internal combustion engine) 4) to act as a… …   From formal English to slang

• scavenge — [skav′inj] vt. scavenged, scavenging [back form. < SCAVENGER] 1. to clean up (streets, alleys, etc.); remove rubbish, dirt, or garbage from 2. to salvage (usable goods) by rummaging through refuse or discards 3. to remove burned gases from… …   English World dictionary

• scavenge — scav|enge [ˈskævındʒ] v [I and T] [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: scavenger (16 21 centuries), from scavager tax collector, someone who cleans streets (15 19 centuries), from scavage tax on goods sold (15 19 centuries), from Old North French escauwage… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• scavenge — [[t]skæ̱vɪnʤ[/t]] scavenges, scavenging, scavenged VERB If people or animals scavenge for things, they collect them by searching among waste or unwanted objects. [V for n] Many are orphans, their parents killed as they scavenged for food... [V… …   English dictionary

• food — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ delicious, excellent, good, great, superb, tasty, wonderful ▪ favourite/favorite ▪ decent …   Collocations dictionary

• scavenge — verb (I, T) 1 if an animal scavenges, it eats anything that it can find: dogs scavenging from the dustbins 2 if someone scavenges, they search through things that other people do not want for food or useful objects (+ for): a man scavenging for… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• scavenge — /skav inj/, v., scavenged, scavenging. v.t. 1. to take or gather (something usable) from discarded material. 2. to cleanse of filth, as a street. 3. to expel burnt gases from (the cylinder of an internal combustion engine). 4. Metall. to purify… …   Universalium

• scavenge — scav·enge || skævɪndÊ’ v. clean up, cleanse; search through garbage for food; remove impurities; salvage a useful item from the garbage …   English contemporary dictionary

• scavenge — ► VERB 1) search for and collect (anything usable) from discarded waste. 2) search for (carrion) as food. 3) technical combine with and remove (a substance) from a medium …   English terms dictionary