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scavenge

 
 
/ˈskævɪndʒ/ verb [I, T]

Translation

to search for food or for useful things that have been thrown away
çöp/süprüntü karıştırmak, çöplük karıştırarak yiyecek aramak
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scavenger noun [C] a person or animal who scavenges
yiyeceğini çöplükten sağlayan kimse/hayvan
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(Definition of scavenge verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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