"scavenge" meaning in English

See scavenge in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈskæv.ɪndʒ/ [UK] Audio: en-us-scavenge.ogg Forms: scavenges [present, singular, third-person], scavenging [participle, present], scavenged [participle, past], scavenged [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from scavenger. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|scavenger}} Back-formation from scavenger Head templates: {{en-verb}} scavenge (third-person singular simple present scavenges, present participle scavenging, simple past and past participle scavenged)
  1. (transitive) To collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material. Tags: transitive Translations (to collect and remove refuse): събирам смет (sǎbiram smet) (Bulgarian), vuil ophalen (Dutch), ramasser les ordures (French), durchstöbern (German), guberál (Hungarian), kukázik (Hungarian), rovistare (Italian), frugare (Italian), paraketu (Maori), hamu (Maori), hamuhamu (Maori), żerować [imperfective] (Polish), catar [masculine] (Portuguese), рыться в отбросах (v) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-scavenge-en-verb-vU5OY1E3 Disambiguation of 'to collect and remove refuse': 57 19 3 21
  2. (transitive) To remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities. Tags: transitive Translations (to remove unwanted material): reinigen (Dutch), nettoyer (French), reinigen (German), eltakarít (Hungarian), kitisztít (Hungarian), tisztít (Hungarian), kiöblít (note: with water) (Hungarian), átöblít (Hungarian), öblít (Hungarian), очищать (očiščatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-scavenge-en-verb-bDTHGV-a Disambiguation of 'to remove unwanted material': 27 66 4 2
  3. (transitive) To expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle. Tags: transitive Translations (to expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine): продухвам (produhvam) (Bulgarian), kifúvat (Hungarian), átfúvat (Hungarian), продувать (produvatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-scavenge-en-verb-cIO0Vgnb Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 9 23 59 9 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 23 63 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 13 74 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 23 64 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 21 69 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 12 21 57 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 9 16 62 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 20 58 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 15 67 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 9 16 56 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 9 17 62 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 8 17 65 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 9 17 63 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 12 16 58 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 19 62 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 7 16 69 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 17 66 10 Disambiguation of 'to expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine': 2 6 91 2
  4. (intransitive) To feed on carrion or refuse. Tags: intransitive Translations (to feed on carrion or refuse): dögöt/hulladékot eszik (Hungarian), dögevő (Hungarian), hulladékevő (Hungarian), cart (Irish), hamuhamu (Maori), питаться падалью (pitatʹsja) (Russian), carroñear (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-scavenge-en-verb-5n5iajZ- Disambiguation of 'to feed on carrion or refuse': 16 1 2 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: scavengeable, scavenge pump Related terms: scavenger, show, showing

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "scavengeable"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "scavenge pump"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "scavenger"
      },
      "expansion": "Back-formation from scavenger",
      "name": "back-form"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from scavenger.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scavenges",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scavenging",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scavenged",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scavenged",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "scavenge (third-person singular simple present scavenges, present participle scavenging, simple past and past participle scavenged)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "scavenger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "show"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "showing"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We scavenged a couple of old beer cans for our art project.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "scavenge the forest for firewood",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material."
      ],
      "id": "en-scavenge-en-verb-vU5OY1E3",
      "links": [
        [
          "collect",
          "collect"
        ],
        [
          "remove",
          "remove"
        ],
        [
          "refuse",
          "refuse"
        ],
        [
          "search",
          "search"
        ],
        [
          "carrion",
          "carrion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "57 19 3 21",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sǎbiram smet",
          "sense": "to collect and remove refuse",
          "word": "събирам смет"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 19 3 21",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to collect and remove refuse",
          "word": "vuil ophalen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 19 3 21",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to collect and remove refuse",
          "word": "ramasser les ordures"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 19 3 21",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to collect and remove refuse",
          "word": "durchstöbern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 19 3 21",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to collect and remove refuse",
          "word": "guberál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 19 3 21",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to collect and remove refuse",
          "word": "kukázik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 19 3 21",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to collect and remove refuse",
          "word": "rovistare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 19 3 21",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to collect and remove refuse",
          "word": "frugare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 19 3 21",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to collect and remove refuse",
          "word": "paraketu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 19 3 21",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to collect and remove refuse",
          "word": "hamu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 19 3 21",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to collect and remove refuse",
          "word": "hamuhamu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 19 3 21",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to collect and remove refuse",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "żerować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 19 3 21",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to collect and remove refuse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "catar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 19 3 21",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "v",
          "sense": "to collect and remove refuse",
          "word": "рыться в отбросах"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities."
      ],
      "id": "en-scavenge-en-verb-bDTHGV-a",
      "links": [
        [
          "remove",
          "remove"
        ],
        [
          "purify",
          "purify"
        ],
        [
          "molten",
          "molten"
        ],
        [
          "metal",
          "metal"
        ],
        [
          "impurities",
          "impurities"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "27 66 4 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to remove unwanted material",
          "word": "reinigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 66 4 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to remove unwanted material",
          "word": "nettoyer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 66 4 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to remove unwanted material",
          "word": "reinigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 66 4 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to remove unwanted material",
          "word": "eltakarít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 66 4 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to remove unwanted material",
          "word": "kitisztít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 66 4 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to remove unwanted material",
          "word": "tisztít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 66 4 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "note": "with water",
          "sense": "to remove unwanted material",
          "word": "kiöblít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 66 4 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to remove unwanted material",
          "word": "átöblít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 66 4 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to remove unwanted material",
          "word": "öblít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 66 4 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "očiščatʹ",
          "sense": "to remove unwanted material",
          "word": "очищать"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 23 59 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English back-formations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 23 63 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 13 74 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 23 64 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 21 69 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 21 57 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 16 62 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 20 58 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 15 67 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 16 56 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 17 62 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Irish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 17 65 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 17 63 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Maori translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 16 58 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 19 62 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 16 69 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 17 66 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle."
      ],
      "id": "en-scavenge-en-verb-cIO0Vgnb",
      "links": [
        [
          "expel",
          "expel"
        ],
        [
          "exhaust",
          "exhaust"
        ],
        [
          "cylinder",
          "cylinder"
        ],
        [
          "internal combustion",
          "internal combustion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 6 91 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "produhvam",
          "sense": "to expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine",
          "word": "продухвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 6 91 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine",
          "word": "kifúvat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 6 91 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine",
          "word": "átfúvat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 6 91 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "produvatʹ",
          "sense": "to expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine",
          "word": "продувать"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To feed on carrion or refuse."
      ],
      "id": "en-scavenge-en-verb-5n5iajZ-",
      "links": [
        [
          "feed",
          "feed"
        ],
        [
          "carrion",
          "carrion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To feed on carrion or refuse."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "16 1 2 81",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to feed on carrion or refuse",
          "word": "dögöt/hulladékot eszik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 1 2 81",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to feed on carrion or refuse",
          "word": "dögevő"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 1 2 81",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to feed on carrion or refuse",
          "word": "hulladékevő"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 1 2 81",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to feed on carrion or refuse",
          "word": "cart"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 1 2 81",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to feed on carrion or refuse",
          "word": "hamuhamu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 1 2 81",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pitatʹsja",
          "sense": "to feed on carrion or refuse",
          "word": "питаться падалью"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 1 2 81",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to feed on carrion or refuse",
          "word": "carroñear"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskæv.ɪndʒ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-scavenge.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/60/En-us-scavenge.ogg/En-us-scavenge.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/En-us-scavenge.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scavenge"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English back-formations",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for review of Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "scavengeable"
    },
    {
      "word": "scavenge pump"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "scavenger"
      },
      "expansion": "Back-formation from scavenger",
      "name": "back-form"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from scavenger.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scavenges",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scavenging",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scavenged",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scavenged",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "scavenge (third-person singular simple present scavenges, present participle scavenging, simple past and past participle scavenged)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "scavenger"
    },
    {
      "word": "show"
    },
    {
      "word": "showing"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We scavenged a couple of old beer cans for our art project.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "scavenge the forest for firewood",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "collect",
          "collect"
        ],
        [
          "remove",
          "remove"
        ],
        [
          "refuse",
          "refuse"
        ],
        [
          "search",
          "search"
        ],
        [
          "carrion",
          "carrion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "remove",
          "remove"
        ],
        [
          "purify",
          "purify"
        ],
        [
          "molten",
          "molten"
        ],
        [
          "metal",
          "metal"
        ],
        [
          "impurities",
          "impurities"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "expel",
          "expel"
        ],
        [
          "exhaust",
          "exhaust"
        ],
        [
          "cylinder",
          "cylinder"
        ],
        [
          "internal combustion",
          "internal combustion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To feed on carrion or refuse."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feed",
          "feed"
        ],
        [
          "carrion",
          "carrion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To feed on carrion or refuse."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskæv.ɪndʒ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-scavenge.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/60/En-us-scavenge.ogg/En-us-scavenge.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/En-us-scavenge.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎbiram smet",
      "sense": "to collect and remove refuse",
      "word": "събирам смет"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to collect and remove refuse",
      "word": "vuil ophalen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to collect and remove refuse",
      "word": "ramasser les ordures"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to collect and remove refuse",
      "word": "durchstöbern"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to collect and remove refuse",
      "word": "guberál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to collect and remove refuse",
      "word": "kukázik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to collect and remove refuse",
      "word": "rovistare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to collect and remove refuse",
      "word": "frugare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to collect and remove refuse",
      "word": "paraketu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to collect and remove refuse",
      "word": "hamu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to collect and remove refuse",
      "word": "hamuhamu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to collect and remove refuse",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "żerować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to collect and remove refuse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "catar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v",
      "sense": "to collect and remove refuse",
      "word": "рыться в отбросах"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to remove unwanted material",
      "word": "reinigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to remove unwanted material",
      "word": "nettoyer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to remove unwanted material",
      "word": "reinigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to remove unwanted material",
      "word": "eltakarít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to remove unwanted material",
      "word": "kitisztít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to remove unwanted material",
      "word": "tisztít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "with water",
      "sense": "to remove unwanted material",
      "word": "kiöblít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to remove unwanted material",
      "word": "átöblít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to remove unwanted material",
      "word": "öblít"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "očiščatʹ",
      "sense": "to remove unwanted material",
      "word": "очищать"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "produhvam",
      "sense": "to expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine",
      "word": "продухвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine",
      "word": "kifúvat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine",
      "word": "átfúvat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "produvatʹ",
      "sense": "to expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine",
      "word": "продувать"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to feed on carrion or refuse",
      "word": "dögöt/hulladékot eszik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to feed on carrion or refuse",
      "word": "dögevő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to feed on carrion or refuse",
      "word": "hulladékevő"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to feed on carrion or refuse",
      "word": "cart"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to feed on carrion or refuse",
      "word": "hamuhamu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pitatʹsja",
      "sense": "to feed on carrion or refuse",
      "word": "питаться падалью"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to feed on carrion or refuse",
      "word": "carroñear"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scavenge"
}

Download raw JSONL data for scavenge meaning in English (7.4kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": otbrosax vs. rytʹsja",
  "path": [
    "scavenge"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "scavenge",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": rytʹsja vs. v",
  "path": [
    "scavenge"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "scavenge",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": padalʹju vs. pitatʹsja",
  "path": [
    "scavenge"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "scavenge",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (9a96ef4 and 4ed51a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.