After the war ended, Tina had to scavenge for scraps just to have enough to eat.
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Scavenge
Synonyms for "scavenge" (35 found)
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14 entriesTranslations
40 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- продухвам verb (to expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine)
- събирам смет verb (to collect and remove refuse)
Chinese
1 entries- 拾荒 verb (to collect and remove refuse)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 撿垃圾 /捡垃圾 verb (to collect and remove refuse)
Dutch
2 entries- reinigen verb (to remove unwanted material)
- vuil ophalen verb (to collect and remove refuse)
French
2 entries- nettoyer verb (to remove unwanted material)
- ramasser les ordures verb (to collect and remove refuse)
German
4 entries- ausstoßen verb (to expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine)
- durchstöbern verb (to collect and remove refuse)
- entgasen verb (to expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine)
- entschlacken verb (to remove unwanted material)
Hungarian
4 entries- dögevő verb (to feed on carrion or refuse)
- dögöt/hulladékot eszik verb (to feed on carrion or refuse)
- eltakarít verb (to remove unwanted material)
- guberál verb (to collect and remove refuse)
Irish
1 entries- cart verb (to feed on carrion or refuse)
Italian
2 entries- frugare verb (to collect and remove refuse)
- rovistare verb (to collect and remove refuse)
Māori
4 entries- hamu verb (to collect and remove refuse)
- hamuhamu verb (to collect and remove refuse)
- hamuhamu verb (to feed on carrion or refuse)
- paraketu verb (to collect and remove refuse)
Polish
1 entries- żerować verb (to collect and remove refuse)
Portuguese
1 entries- catar verb (to collect and remove refuse)
Russian
4 entries- очищать verb (to remove unwanted material)
- питаться падалью verb (to feed on carrion or refuse)
- продувать verb (to expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine)
- рыться в отбросах verb (to collect and remove refuse)
Spanish
1 entries- carroñear verb (to feed on carrion or refuse)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
There's a lot of interesting stuff you can find if you scavenge in the scrapyard.
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There's no way you're going to survive in this place if you don't scavenge.
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Jackals scavenge.
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