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Definitions for Foraging
[1] the acquisition of food by hunting, fishing, or the gathering of plant matter.
[2] characterized by or dependent upon the acquisition of food by such means; food-gathering: a foraging people.
[3] food for horses or cattle; fodder; provender.
[4] the seeking or obtaining of such food.
[5] the act of searching for provisions of any kind.
[6] a raid.
[7] to wander or go in search of provisions.
[8] to search about; seek; rummage; hunt: He went foraging in the attic for old mementos.
[9] to make a raid.
[10] to collect forage from; strip of supplies; plunder: to forage the countryside.
[11] to supply with forage.
[12] to obtain by foraging.
[13] food for horses or cattle, esp hay or straw
[14] the act of searching for food or provisions
[15] military a raid or incursion
[16] to search (the countryside or a town) for food, provisions, etc
[17] (intr) military to carry out a raid
[18] (tr) to obtain by searching about
[19] (tr) to give food or other provisions to
[20] (tr) to feed (cattle or horses) with such food
Words related to Foraging
rummage, comb, scour, scrounge, pilfer, rake, raid, grub, beat, hunt, ravage, plunder, explore, seek, ransack
Words nearby Foraging
for., fora, forage, forage cap, forage mite, foraging, foraging ant, foraker, foram, foramen, foramen cecum medullae oblongatae
Origin of Foraging
e1275–1325; Middle English < Old French fourrage, derivative of fuerre fodder (from Germanic)
Other words from Foraging
for·ag·er , noun
un·for·aged , adjective
Word origin for Foraging
eC14: from Old French fourrage , probably of Germanic origin; see food , fodder
Synonyms for Foraging
comb, rummage, scour, scrounge, beat, explore, grub, hunt, pilfer, plunder, raid, rake, ransack, ravage, seek, cast about, fine-tooth-comb