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Meanings of scavenge in inglés

español
hurgar

Collect discarded or refused material.

hurgar
portugués
limpar
catalán
netejar
español
limpiar

Remove unwanted substances from.

limpiar
Usage of scavenge in inglés
1
They must ensure Galvin isn't allowed scavenge without shipping a few belts.
The Irish Times
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We need to scavenge for the parts to fix the nav station.
Avalon
3
In Caracas, the capital, men scavenge daily in the putrid Guaire River.
News.com.au
4
More often than not, they hunt down their prey rather than scavenge.
BBC
5
At night they emerge from their caves to scavenge the nearby landscape.
The Guardian
6
She would scavenge for work and send money back home to the family.
Radio NZ
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Tomorrow morning I would scavenge supplies and go north toward Califia.
Eve
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He was tempted to wait until they left, then go scavenge the remains.
The Descent
9
Unicorns scavenge in dumpsters and hiss at anyone who tries to approach them.
News.com.au
10
Siderophores are low-molecular-weight chelators produced by microbes to scavenge essential iron.
Pubmed
11
We still send regular patrols down to the city to scavenge up supplies.
The passage
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For the rankers, it was scavenge on the march or starve.
Stonewielder
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That predators will scavenge away bits and pieces of the skeleton.
Leaving Time
14
As their traditional food -fish -becomes scarcer, they scavenge human rubbish.
BBC
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A suicide note said he preferred to die rather than scavenge for food.
The Irish Times
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Small scaled rats had ventured out from the grasses to scavenge the carcass.
Forge of Darkness
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portugués
limpar
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