foraging

Variant of forage

forage definition

for·age (fôr′ij, fär′-)

noun

  1. food for domestic animals; fodder
  2. a search for food or provisions

Etymology: ME < OFr fourage < forre, fuerre, fodder < Frank *fodr, food, akin to OE fodor, fodder

intransitive verb foraged -·aged, foraging -·ag·ing

  1. to search for food or provisions
  2. to search for what one needs or wants

Etymology: Fr fourrager < the n.

transitive verb

    1. to get or take food or provisions from
    2. Now Rare to ravage; plunder
  2. to provide with forage; feed
  3. to get by foraging

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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