An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
SCAVENGE
scavenge, clean
(verb) remove unwanted substances from
scavenge
(verb) feed on carrion or refuse; “hyenas scavenge”
salvage, scavenge
(verb) collect discarded material; “She scavenged the garbage cans for food”
scavenge
(verb) clean refuse from; “Scavenge a street”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
scavenge (third-person singular simple present scavenges, present participle scavenging, simple past and past participle scavenged)
(transitive) to collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material
(transitive) to remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities
(transitive) to expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle
(intransitive) to feed on carrion or refuse
Source: Wiktionary
Scav"enge, v. t.
Definition: To cleanse, as streets, from filth. C. Kingsley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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