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Foraging - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Foraging : (noun)
1: the act of searching for food and provisions [syn: forage]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
His most mighty father on a hill Stood smiling to
behold his lion's whelp Forage in blood of French
nobility. --Shak.
Foraging ant (Zo["o]l.), 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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Foraging |
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Madneko27: Out Foraging for food @Lexington market. I can't find my scarf or gloves. Light rail is extra dumb if u have car. Maybe i'm just impatient? |
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matt_tucker: Time to go Foraging for firewood. Christmas aint Christmas without a roaring fire :) |
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AtiaoftheJulii: Foraging Early Humans Did Not Pass Up Grains - http://nyti.ms/7OXxs2 |
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