scavenging

CEFRB2

/skˈævəndʒɪŋ/

noun · verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Searching through waste or leftovers to find useful things or food.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    That eats carrion

Examples

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

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

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. The act of searching through refuse for useful material.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. present participle and gerund of scavenge

More examples

In context

  • Our scavengings at the rubbish dump often yielded items of value.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The very hungry brown bear was blank through the trash cans for food.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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