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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Scavenge \Scav"enge\, v. t.
     To cleanse, as streets, from filth. --C. Kingsley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Scavenge \Scav"enge\, v. t.
     To remove (burned gases) from the cylinder after a working
     stroke.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


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

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  scavenge
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To collect and remove refuse, or to search
  through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material.
     2 (lb en transitive) To remove unwanted material from something,
  especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities.
     3 (lb en transitive) To expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of
  an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To feed on carrion or refuse.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  scavenge
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To collect and remove refuse, or to search
  through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material.
     2 (lb en transitive) To remove unwanted material from something,
  especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities.
     3 (lb en transitive) To expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of
  an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To feed on carrion or refuse.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  scavenge
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To collect and remove refuse, or to search
  through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material.
     2 (lb en transitive) To remove unwanted material from something,
  especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities.
     3 (lb en transitive) To expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of
  an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To feed on carrion or refuse.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  scavenge
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To collect and remove refuse, or to search
  through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material.
     2 (lb en transitive) To remove unwanted material from something,
  especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities.
     3 (lb en transitive) To expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of
  an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To feed on carrion or refuse.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  scavenge
     Englanti vb.
     kaivella, tonkia

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  scavenge
     Engelska vb.
     sjoxa, dumpstra, leta efter mat eller annat i andras sopor

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Scavenge /skˈavɪndʒ/
  إقتت

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  scavenge //ˈskæv.ɪndʒ// 
  1. събирам смет
  to collect and remove refuse
  2. продухвам
  to expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  scavenge /skˈavɪndʒ/
  sbírat odpadky

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  scavenge /skˈavɪndʒ/
  živit se mršinami