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To search through for salvageable material: scavenged the garbage cans for food scraps.
(verb-transitive)
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To collect and remove refuse from: The streets are periodically scavenged.
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To collect (salvageable material) by searching.
(verb-transitive)
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To expel (exhaust gases) from a cylinder of an internal-combustion engine.
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To expel exhaust gases from (such a cylinder).
(verb-transitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.