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Definition scavenge in American English

scavenge verb

[intransitive/transitive]verb
/ˈskævəndʒ/
1

to search through things that other people have thrown away in order to see if there is anything that you want

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2

if an animal scavenges, it eats anything that it can find

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Definition scavenge in American English