scavenge

1. (transitive)To collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material.

   We scavenged a couple of old beer cans for our art project.

   They had to scavenge the forest for firewood.

   durchstöbern

   рыться в отбросахv

   feed on carrion or refuse

2. (transitive)To remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities.

   reinigen, entschlacken

   очищатьočiščatʹ

   remove unwanted substances from

3. (transitive)To expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle.

   entgasen, ausstoßen

   продуватьproduvatʹ

4. (intransitive)To feed on carrion or refuse.

   питаться падальюpitatʹsja

   clean refuse from

1. Lions scavenge a lot of their food.

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2. The hyenas were scavenging for some leftover food.

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3. I built a fort out of scavenged wood.

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4. Varun's group frequently went scavenging in the factory ruins.

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5. Tom saw a homeless man scavenging through a rubbish bin looking for food.

   ruТом увидел бездомного, роющегося в мусорном баке в поисках еды.

   deTom sah einen Obdachlosen eine Mülltonne nach Essbarem durchwühlen.

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