scavenge
sca
ˈskÃĻ
skā
venge
vənʤ
vēnj
/skˈÃĻvənd‍ʒ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "scavenge"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŽā§ƒāϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻš āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāϚāĻž āϜ⧈āĻŦ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāĻĻā§āϝ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to search for and consume decaying or dead organic matter as a source of food, often done by animals
Transitive
Intransitive
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āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āύāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ…āĻĒāϏāĻžāϰāĻŖ

remove unwanted substances from
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āφāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϜāύāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻœā§āϝ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰāĻž

clean refuse from
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āĻ–ā§‹āρāϜāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰāĻž

to search through discarded material or waste in order to find something usable or valuable
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the storm, residents scavenged for materials to repair their damaged homes.
āĻāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻŽā§‡āϰāĻžāĻŽāϤ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āωāĻĒāĻ•āϰāĻŖ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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