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scavenging
 
Adjective scavenging has 2 senses
  1. scavenging - searching for and salvaging anything useful from discarded material; "scavenging larvae"
    Antonym:     wasteful (indirect, via thrifty)
  2. scavenging - searching for and feeding on decaying matter; "scavenging hyenas and vultures"
    Antonym:     abstemious (indirect, via gluttonous)
Verb scavenge has 4 senses
  1. scavenge - clean refuse from; "Scavenge a street"
    --1 is one way to     clean, make clean
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. salvage, scavenge - collect discarded or refused material; "She scavenged the garbage cans for food"
    --2 is one way to gather, garner, collect, pull together
    Derived form: noun scavenger2
    Sample sentences:
    The men scavenge the area for animals
    The men scavenge for animals in the area
  3. scavenge - feed on carrion or refuse; "hyenas scavenge"
    --3 is one way to     feed, give
    Derived form: noun scavenger3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  4. scavenge, clean - remove unwanted substances from
    --4 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
    Derived form: noun scavenger1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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