- 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 'examination']1.) if an animal scavenges, it eats anything that it can find▪ Pigs scavenged among the rubbish.scavenge for▪ rats scavenging for food2.) if someone scavenges, they search through things that other people do not want for food or useful objects▪ There are people who live in the dump and scavenge garbage for a living.scavenge for▪ Women were scavenging for old furniture.>scavenger n▪ Foxes and other scavengers go through the dustbins.
Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.