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# scavenge

verb (scavenge, scavenges, scavenged, scavenging)

«scavenge» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To scavenge is to search through rubbish or leftovers for something useful, such as food or materials. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scavenge/#m1)
2. In nature, animals scavenge when they eat dead animals or scraps they did not kill themselves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scavenge/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science food chain lessons, scavengers like vultures, hyenas, crows and foxes clean up dead animals. In everyday life, a «scavenger hunt» is a game of finding a list of things. In stories, characters scavenge for food when they are lost or poor. Phrases: «scavenge for food», «scavenger hunt», «scavenging birds».

### Examples

- Seagulls scavenge for chips on the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scavenge/#x1)
- Vultures scavenge on dead animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scavenge/#x2)
- Foxes scavenge through bins at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scavenge/#x3)
- The castaways scavenged the wreck for tools. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scavenge/#x4)
- We did a scavenger hunt in the park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scavenge/#x5)
- Raccoons scavenge in city rubbish in North America. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scavenge/#x6)
- Scavenging animals help recycle nutrients in nature. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scavenge/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: scavenged. Noun: scavenger. A scavenger is different from a predator, which hunts and kills its food; some animals do both.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «scavenge» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scavenge/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«scavenge» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/scavenge.html) on Mova free.