scavenge
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
clean refuse from
Scavenge a street
Types & categories
- clean hypernym
Sense 2 verb
collect discarded or refused material
She scavenged the garbage cans for food
Types & categories
- gather hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
feed on carrion or refuse
hyenas scavenge
Types & categories
- feed hypernym
Related & opposite
- scavenger derivation
Sense 4 verb
remove unwanted substances from
Types & categories
- remove hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | clean |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pack rat |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | salvager |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | gather |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scavenger |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | feed |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | cleaning |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | scavenger |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |