Scrounge (Verb)
Meaning 1
Obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; "he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- He has a habit of scrounging meals from his friends when he forgets his lunch money.
- During college, she learned to scrounge around the neighborhood for second-hand furniture.
- As a struggling artist, he would often scrounge for spare change to buy art supplies.
- They tried to scrounge up some donations for the local charity event but had little success.
- He has a tendency to scrounge leftovers from the café where he works in the evenings.
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Meaning 2
Collect or look around for (food).
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- The homeless man had to scrounge for scraps in the trash to find something to eat.
- During the famine, many people had to scrounge for food in the forests and nearby fields.
- She didn't have any money so she had to scrounge for food at the local soup kitchen.
- The poor family had to scrounge for berries in the woods during the winter months.
- After the hurricane, survivors had to scrounge for canned food in abandoned houses and buildings.