scavenge

scavenge
1. transitive verb
1) sich (Dat.) holen
2) (search) durchstöbern (for nach); absuchen [Strand]; fleddern [Leiche]
2. intransitive verb

scavenge for something — nach etwas suchen

* * *
['skævin‹]
verb
(to search for useful or usable objects, food etc amongst rubbish etc.) reinigen
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scav·enge
[ˈskævɪnʤ]
I. vi
1. (search) stöbern; (collect) ergattern fam
just look at all those people scavenging on the rubbish tip guck' dir nur mal all die Leute an, die die Abfallhalde durchwühlen fam
2. (feed) Aas fressen
3. COMPUT unerlaubt durchsuchen
II. vt
▪ to \scavenge sth etw aufstöbern
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['skvIndZ]
1. vt (lit, fig)
ergattern

the scraps are scavenged by hungry gulls — hungrige Möwen ergattern or holen sich (dat) die Essensreste

the tramp scavenged food from the piles of litter — der Landstreicher plünderte die Abfallhaufen

2. vi (lit)
Nahrung suchen

to scavenge for sth — nach etw suchen

jackals live by scavenging — Schakale leben von Aas

to scavenge in the bins — die Abfalleimer plündern

he's always scavenging around in scrapyards — er durchstöbert dauernd die Schrottplätze

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scavenge [ˈskævındʒ]
A v/t
1. Straßen etc reinigen, säubern
2. AUTO einen Zylinder von Gasen reinigen, (mit Luft) ausspülen:
scavenging air Spülluft f;
scavenging stroke Spültakt m, Auspuffhub m
3. METALL reinigen
4. US
a) Abfälle, Überreste etc auflesen, aufsammeln
b) etwas Essbares etc auftreiben, ergattern
5. US
a) nach etwas Brauchbarem etc suchen in (dat)
b) einen Laden etc durchstöbern umg (for nach)
B v/i scavenge for nach etwas Essbarem, Brauchbarem etc (herum)suchen (in in dat)
* * *
1. transitive verb
1) sich (Dat.) holen
2) (search) durchstöbern (for nach); absuchen [Strand]; fleddern [Leiche]
2. intransitive verb

scavenge for something — nach etwas suchen

* * *
v.
reinigen v.

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