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scavenge

verb

/ˈskævɪndʒ/

Meaning

to search through waste or discarded material to find useful items

The children scavenged for food in the garbage dump.

rummage, forage, hunt, search

discard, abandon

scavenge for food, scavenge materials, animals scavenge

to move quickly over a surface or to read something quickly

to tie in a knot; to fasten with loops and turns

to stop being visible or to cease to exist

To want something to happen or be true and think it is possible.

to obtain, receive, or come to have something

to depart from an established course; to differ