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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. clean refuse from;
- Example: "Scavenge a street"

2. collect discarded or refused material;
- Example: "She scavenged the garbage cans for food"
[syn: salvage, scavenge]

3. feed on carrion or refuse;
- Example: "hyenas scavenge"

4. remove unwanted substances from;
[syn: scavenge, clean]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scavenge \Scav"enge\, v. t. To cleanse, as streets, from filth. --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster] 2. to salvage (usable items or material) from discarded or waste material. [PJC] 3. To remove (burned gases) from the cylinder after a working stroke. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scavenge \Scav"enge\, v. i. (Internal-combustion Engines) To remove the burned gases from the cylinder after a working stroke; as, this engine does not scavenge well. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

scavenge v 1: clean refuse from; "Scavenge a street" 2: collect discarded or refused material; "She scavenged the garbage cans for food" [syn: salvage, scavenge] 3: feed on carrion or refuse; "hyenas scavenge" 4: remove unwanted substances from [syn: scavenge, clean]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

29 Moby Thesaurus words for "scavenge": bleach, bowdlerize, clean, clean out, clean up, cleanse, clear out, delouse, depurate, deterge, dry-clean, dust, dust off, expurgate, freshen, lustrate, purge, purify, reform, spruce, steam-clean, sweep out, sweeten, tidy, whiten, wipe, wipe off, wipe out, wipe up