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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the act of searching for food and provisions;
[syn: foraging, forage]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] His most mighty father on a hill Stood smiling to behold his lion's whelp Forage in blood of French nobility. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

foraging n 1: the act of searching for food and provisions [syn: foraging, forage]