Scavenge

Definitions: Scavenge

Scavenge

Verb

1. Clean refuse from; "Scavenge a street".

2. Collect discarded or refused material; "She scavenged the garbage cans for food".

3. Feed on carrion or refuse; of some animals.

4. Remove unwanted substances from, as in chemistry.

Domain	Definitions
Mining	To pick up surplus fluid and return it to a circulating system. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Scavenge

Synonyms: clean (v), salvage (v). (additional references)

Crosswords: Scavenge

Specialty definitions using "scavenge": compressed-air-driven lamps. (references)

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		These cells scavenge cellular debris. (references)
		Chemicals released from dying cells then induce surrounding cells to scavenge the debris. (references)
		Because Mastomys rodents often live in and around homes and scavenge on human food remains or poorly stored food, transmission of this sort is common. (references)
Children	Mongolia	The Government does not publish statistics on street children; however, the 2000 census numbered homeless youths between 7 and 19 years of age at approximately 1,300. NGO's place street children in three categories: those who are homeless, those who have homes but left because of abuse or poverty, and those who beg or scavenge and return home at night. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Scavenge" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 68.29% of the time. "Scavenge" is used about 41 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	68.29%	28	65,706
Lexical Verb (base form)	24.39%	10	111,207
Noun (singular)	7.32%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	41	N/A

Expression using "scavenge": scavenge in the dustbins for smth.. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "scavenge"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		rrëmoj (delve, dig, dive, ferret about, ferret out, forage, Mold, mole, mould, rout, rummage, search), pastroj (abrade, char, clarify, clean, cleanse, clear up, defecate, depurate, deterge, eliminate, grub, gut, lustrate, pick, purge, rarefy, rectify, refine, scour, scrub, sweep, try), heq plehrat. (various references)

Arabic		‏كنس (besom, broom, rake, sweep, sweeping, whisk), ‏نظف (char, clean, clean out, clear, clear away, do, mop, pan, purge, purify, rub, sanitize, scour, scrub, swab, wash out), ‏إستعاد (bring back, encore, give back, recapture, reconquer, recoup, recover, recuperate, regain, resume, retrieve, take), ‏بحث في النفايات, ‏بحث في القمامة, ‏بحث عن الطعام. (various references)

Bulgarian		събирам смет, търся улиците, търся (ask for, go after, grope, hunt, hunt up, look about, look for, look up, nose, prospect, quest, root about, scratch around, search after, search for, seek, seek after, seek for, skirmish), пречиствам (baptize, defecate, filtrate, purify, rarefy, rectify, scrub, spiritualize, sublimate, subtilize). (various references)

Chinese		寻找有�"�之物. (various references)

Czech		prohledávat (drag), hledat si potravu. (various references)

Dutch		spoelen (flushing, gargle, rinse, rinsing, wind). (various references)

Farsi		تمیزکردن (Clean, Cleanse, Scrub, Wisp), تنظیف کردن (Scavenger), سپوری کردن (Scavenger), دراشغال کاوش کردن . (various references)

French		récupérer, nettoyer (scour), faire les poubelles, enlever les ordures. (various references)

German		spülen (douche, flush, flushing, gargle, irrigate, rinse, swill, to flush (out), wash, wash up). (various references)

Greek		καθαρίζω (absterge, clarify, clean, cleanse, clear, clear out, clear up, defecate, finish up, flux, furbish, net, peel, purge, purify, rarefy, scour, to clean, to skin, wash away), σκουπίζω (sweep, wipe, wipe off). (various references)

Hungarian		söpör (beat, beaten, sweep, to beat, to tool along, to tool down). (various references)

Italian		pulire (bream, clean, cleanse, make, make clean, mop, pick, purge, scrub, sweep, wash, wipe), frugare fra rifiuti, cercare (ask for, attempt, dig, endeavor, endeavour, Hunt, look, look for, look up, pick, prospect, search, search for, seek, seek after, seek for, to search for, want). (various references)

Korean		폐�'�을 이용하십시�". (various references)

Manx		scrobbey (dewlap, scavenging), glenney (act of vindication, chip, clarification, clarification honey, clarify, clean, cleaner, clearance; glass, discharge, draw, draw as fowl, dust, expurgate, freshen, grub, pay off, purge, purification, purify, rid, satisfaction, scale, settlement, sink, try out, try out as metal, weed, wipe). (various references)

Pig Latin		avengescay

Portuguese		varrer (broom, brush, clean, sweep, wipe out), limpar a alma, limpar (bream, brush, clean, cleanse, delete, depurate, dressing, fetus, furbish, make clean, mop up, purge, purify, rake, rub, rub down, rub out, scour, to curry, to dress and to brush, to dry out, to groom, unstop, wash, wipe, wipe off, wipe out, wipe up), expulsar (cast out, deport, disbelief, disloyal, eject, eliminate, eviction, expelled, extrusion, kick stand, oust, out, proscribe, repel, scour, turn out). (various references)

Romanian		curãţa (brush, brush up, burnish, clean, cleanse, clear, demolish, do, dredge, dress, dust, furbish, Gill, grub, mop, mop up, pick, purge, purify, refine, rid, rinse, scoop, scour, scrub, skin, trim, wash, wipe). (various references)

Russian		убирать мусор, продувать (blast, bleed). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		skupljati trofeje, skupljati otpatke, očistiti (clean, clean off, cleanse, clear, do away, expurgate, purge, scour, shine, swab), izbaciti (belch, cut out, delete, dispose, dispose of, eject, jerk, throw, throw out, turf out, warp), isterati (dislodge, drive out, evict, exorcise, exorcize, expel, oust, push out, ride, run out, throw out). (various references)

Spanish		recoger la basura. (various references)

Swedish		rengöra (brush, clean, cleanse, depurate, deterge, make clean, purge). (various references)

Turkish		sokağı süpürmek, temizlemek (bump off, clarify, clean, clean out, clean up, cleanse, clear, clear up, decontaminate, depurate, do, do out, erase, excise, expurgate, get rid of, give smth. a sweep, gut, houseclean, mop up, purge, purify, rid, rub out, swab down, sweep, swob down, tidy out, wipe away, wipe off, wipe out, wipe up), leş yemek, çöple beslenmek, çöp temizlemek. (various references)

Ukranian		працювати сміттярем, прибирати сміття. (various references)

Welsh		carthu (cleanse, purge). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "scavenge": scavenged, scavenger, scavengers, scavenges. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Scavenge" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Chavenage, savynge, scagenge, scavange, scavege, Scavone, scavving, scavvying. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "scavenge" (pronounced ska"vunj)
3	-u n j	challenge, lozenge, orange.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-g-n-s-v"
	-1 letter: avenges, encages, genevas.
	-2 letters: agenes, avenge, encage, encase, ganevs, geneva, seance, seneca, senega, veenas, vegans, venges.
	-3 letters: acnes, agene, avens, cages, canes, caves, cease, cense, eaves, evens, ganev, genes, naves, neves, scena, scene, seven, vanes, vangs, veena, vegan, venae, venge.
	-4 letters: aces, acne, agee, ages, anes, aves, cage, cane, cans, case, cave, cees, ease, eave, engs, even, eves, gaen, gaes, gane, gave, gees, gene, gens, nags, nave, neve, sage, sane, sang, save, scag, scan, seen, sene, snag, vacs, vane, vang, vans, vase, vees, vena.
	-5 letters: ace, age, ane, ave, can, cee, eng, ens, eve, gae, gan, gas, gee, gen, nae, nag, nee, sac, sae, sag, sea, sec, see, seg, sen, vac, van, vas, vee, veg.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-g-n-s-v"
	+1 letter: scavenged, scavenger, scavenges.
	+2 letters: evanescing, grievances, scavengers, vengeances.
	+3 letters: changeovers, governances.
	+4 letters: evangelicals, evangelistic, eviscerating, noncoverages.
	+5 letters: extravagances.
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