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Meanings of scrounge in English

Catalan
gorrejar

Obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling.

gorrejar

Collect or look around for (food)

Usage of scrounge in English
1
There are several water recyclers and whatever medical supplies I could scrounge.
Ahsoka
2
It would be time to try to scrounge something up for supper.
Transgression: a novel of love and war
3
By asking around I managed to scrounge two unmatching scraps of ribbon.
Tell me, pretty maiden
4
Be down as soon as I can scrounge up some clean underwear!
Shadow of an angel
5
Nor did they have to scrounge nursery furniture from a garage sale.
Lit: a memoir
6
What'd it do -scrounge change from couch cushions in the Pentagon?
Wired
7
He couldn't scrounge up an ounce of enthusiasm for anything at the moment.
Destined to last
8
Han and Leia provided cover fire with guns they'd finally managed to scrounge.
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
9
We may need him and whatever painkillers he can scrounge up.
Swan Song
10
I can scrounge some parts from some of these derelict ships.
Book Two: Descent
11
Out trying to scrounge up some more toys to replace your crystal bauble?
Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii
12
She bounced off to scrounge a couple bottles of her own.
Stars rain down
13
Participants make their own knives, build shelter and scrounge for fresh water and food.
BBC
14
Campa and her colleagues still have to scrimp and scrounge.
Wired
15
Math, a little science, some reading-dependson whatever books we were able to scrounge.
The Darkest Minds
16
She told me to scrounge around because she might have some peppermints in there.
The power of one
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Translations for scrounge
Catalan
gorrejar
Scrounge through the time
Scrounge across language varieties
United States of America
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