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Definition of Scavenge
1. Verb. Clean refuse from. "Scavenge a street"
2. Verb. Collect discarded or refused material. "The men scavenge for animals in the area"; "She scavenged the garbage cans for food"
Generic synonyms: Collect, Garner, Gather, Pull Together
Derivative terms: Salvager, Scavenger
3. Verb. Feed on carrion or refuse. "Hyenas scavenge"
4. Verb. Remove unwanted substances from.
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Generic synonyms: Remove, Take, Take Away, Withdraw
Derivative terms: Cleaning, Scavenger
Definition of Scavenge
1. v. t. To cleanse, as streets, from filth.
2. v. i. To remove the burned gases from the cylinder after a working stroke; as, this engine does not scavenge well.
3. v. t. To remove (burned gases) from the cylinder after a working stroke.
Definition of Scavenge
1. Verb. (transitive) to collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse for useful material ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) to remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) to expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) to feed on carrion or refuse ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scavenge
1. to search through rubbish for usable items [v -ENGED, -ENGING, -ENGES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scavenge
Literary usage of Scavenge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diesel Engine Design by Herbert Frank Percy Purday (1919)
"the same value as the scavenge air pressure before the piston begins to uncover the
... Engines provided with this system of scavenge are only suited for a ..."
2. Diesel Engines for Land and Marine Work by Alfred Philip Chalkley (1912)
"F is the outlet valve in the scavenge cylinder, through which the scavenge air
passes, after being compressed to a few pounds above atmosphere, ..."
3. Transactions of the Sanitary Institute of Great Britain by Sanitary Institute of Great Britain (1885)
"The total quantity of scavenge removed during the year 1883 was as under ...
Our saleable scavenge or city manure is composed of the scavenge from paved ..."
4. The Gas Turbine: Theory, Construction, and Records of the Results Obtained by Hans Holzwarth, Alfred Philip Chalkley (1912)
"At the moment the air valve opens, the state of the residual gases is represented
by p2v^F9, which is altered to pvT by the effect of the scavenge air ..."
5. Transactions by Sanitary Institute of Great Britain (1885)
"The total quantity of scavenge removed during the year 1883 was as under ...
Our saleable scavenge or city manure is composed of the scavenge from paved ..."
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