Topic: ANIMALS
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| Date: | 1600-1700 |
| Origin: | scavenger (16-21 centuries), from scavager 'tax collector, someone who cleans streets' (15-19 centuries), from scavage 'tax on goods sold' (15-19 centuries), from Old North French escauwage 'examination' |
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scav‧enge
[intransitive and transitive]
[intransitive and transitive]1HBA if an animal scavenges, it eats anything that it can find : Pigs scavenged among the rubbish.
Pigs scavenged among the rubbish.2 if someone scavenges, they search through things that other people do not want for food or useful objects : There are people who live in the dump and scavenge garbage for a living.
There are people who live in the dump and scavenge garbage for a living. scavenge for Women were scavenging for old furniture.
Women were scavenging for old furniture. —scavenger noun [countable] Foxes and other scavengers go through the dustbins.
Foxes and other scavengers go through the dustbins.