🗑️scavenge

verb
/ˈskævɪndʒ/

Meaning

to search through waste or discarded material to find useful items

Example Sentences

The children scavenged for food in the garbage dump.

Synonyms

rummage, forage, hunt, search

Antonyms

discard, abandon

Collocations

scavenge for food, scavenge materials, animals scavenge

Related Vocabularies

To ask for information; to investigate.
to protect something from harm or destruction; to use resources carefully to avoid waste
To introduce new methods, ideas, or products.
Point out; show; be a sign or symptom of; suggest as a desirable or necessary course of action.
To bring back to a former or original state; to reinstate.
to have a different opinion; to not agree

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