scavenge
/ˈskævɪndʒ/
verb
- To search for and collect usable items from discarded or waste material.
- The homeless man scavenged through the trash for food and bottles.
- After the storm, people came to scavenge wood from the damaged houses.
- She likes to scavenge at flea markets for old furniture to restore.
- (of an animal) To feed on dead or decaying organic matter.
- Crab species on the ocean floor scavenge for dead fish.
- Vultures scavenge the remains of animals killed by predators.
- Raccoons often scavenge in garbage bins behind restaurants.
- To remove harmful substances from a system or environment.
- Plants can scavenge pollutants from the soil through their roots.
- The chemical additive helps scavenge oxygen from the water to prevent rust.
- The filter is designed to scavenge carbon dioxide from the air in the submarine.
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