MEANING
To obtain something by asking, borrowing, or searching among what is available.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- scrounge a meal
- scrounge supplies
On the page
The crew scrounged enough wire to repair the aerial.
Word forms
- Base
- scrounge
- Past tense
- scrounged
- Past participle
- scrounged
- Present participle
- scrounging
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- scrounge
- Present continuous
- am/is/are scrounging
- Present perfect
- have/has scrounged
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been scrounging
- Past
- scrounged
- Past continuous
- was/were scrounging
- Past perfect
- had scrounged
- Past perfect continuous
- had been scrounging
- Future
- will scrounge
- Future continuous
- will be scrounging
- Future perfect
- will have scrounged
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been scrounging
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: scrounge; scrounges; scrounged; scrounged; scrounging Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character, dialogue. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: scrounges.
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