Scrounge - English meaning

verb

Ask someone earnestly or humbly for something.

Usage examples:

He begged his fellow passengers for help

verb

Shirk responsibility and live off the efforts of others.

Usage examples:

They were sick of bludging on the public

noun

An easy job or assignment.

Usage examples:

That night shift must be the biggest bludge on earth

verb

To take advantage of the efforts of other people rather than working hard or taking responsibility for something yourself

Usage examples:

Some people believe that unions encourage workers to bludge and be less productive., he says if peo…

verb

Take and use (something belonging to someone else) with the intention of returning it.

Usage examples:

He had borrowed a car from one of his colleagues

noun

A slope or other irregularity on a golf course which must be compensated for when playing a shot.

Usage examples:

I played the round in the company of an ancient caddie, unusually talkative for a scot, who shaped …

noun

A vagrant.

Usage examples:

Bums had been known to wander up to their door and ask for a sandwich

verb

Get by asking or begging.

Usage examples:

They tried to bum money off us

adjective

Of poor quality; bad or wrong.

Usage examples:

Not one bum note was played

verb

Ask for or obtain (something to which one is not strictly entitled).

Usage examples:

He cadged fivers off old school friends

noun

A padded wooden frame on which hooded hawks are carried to the field.

Usage examples:

He was not paid except for tips he could get from spectators by telling hunting stories about some …

verb

To (try to) get something from someone else without paying for it

Usage examples:

He's always cadging free meals and free trips from/off his clients., can i cadge a lift home?

verb

Ask for or obtain (something) without paying for it.

Usage examples:

A bunch of your friends will show up, mooching food

noun

Loiter in a bored or listless manner.

Usage examples:

He just mooched about his bedsit

verb

To walk or do things slowly and without much purpose

Usage examples:

Disapproving stop mooching (about/around) in your room and do something useful!, you're old enough …

noun

A dry, rough protective crust that forms over a cut or wound during healing.

Usage examples:

As this mesh dries, it hardens and forms a scab to protect the wound as it heals.

verb

Become encrusted or covered with a scab or scabs.

Usage examples:

I had a cut on my arm that had scabbed over

noun

A primitive sedentary aquatic invertebrate with a soft porous body that is typically supported by a framework of fibres or calcareous or glassy spicules. sponges draw in a current of water to extract nutrients and oxygen.

Usage examples:

Other images are just as mystifying the spine of a sea urchin, sharks' teeth, sponges and ascidians…

verb

Wipe or clean with a wet sponge or cloth.

Usage examples:

She sponged him down in an attempt to cool his fever

noun

Primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies