Foraging

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Forage \For"age\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Foraged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Foraging}.]
     To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp.
     forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the
     country; to ravage; to feed on spoil.
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           His most mighty father on a hill
           Stood smiling to behold his lion's whelp
           Forage in blood of French nobility.      --Shak.
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     {Foraging ant} (Zool.), one of several species of ants of the
        genus {Eciton}, very abundant in tropical America,
        remarkable for marching in vast armies in search of food.
        
  
     {Foraging cap}, a forage cap.
  
     {Foraging party}, a party sent out after forage.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  foraging
       n : the act of searching for food and provisions [syn: {forage}]