scavenge

• فعل يُستخدم للدلالة على البحث عن الأشياء النافعة أو القابلة للاستعمال وجمعها من النفايات أو المواد المهملة، أو على تغذي حيوان على الجيف أو المواد المتحللة.

A verb used to indicate the act of searching for and collecting usable items from discarded or waste materials, or of an animal feeding on dead or decaying matter.

1. Clean refuse fromB2formal

   To remove waste or unwanted material from a place.

   تنظيف المكان من النفايات

   • The workers scavenged the debris from the construction site.
   • They scavenged the beach of plastic bottles and trash.
   • The team scavenged the old warehouse of scrap metal.

   المرادفاتcleancleanseclearsweep

2. Collect discarded materialB2formal

   To search for and collect items that have been thrown away, often for reuse or recycling.

   جمع المواد المهملة

   • He scavenged the junkyard for usable parts.
   • She scavenged through the trash for old newspapers.
   • The artist scavenged materials from abandoned buildings for her sculptures.

   المرادفاتforagerummagesalvagescrounge

3. Feed on carrion or refuseB2formal

   To eat dead animals or waste material, typically used for animals.

   التغذي على الجيف

   • Vultures scavenge on the remains of dead animals.
   • Raccoons often scavenge through garbage bins at night.
   • The hyenas scavenged the carcass left by the lions.

4. Remove unwanted substancesC1formal

   To extract or eliminate harmful or unwanted substances from something.

   إزالة المواد الضارة

   • The chemical process scavenges impurities from the water.
   • The filter scavenges pollutants from the air.
   • The system scavenges excess heat from the engine.

   المرادفاتcleanseclearfilterpurgepurifyremovescrub