Definition of Foraging

1. Noun. The act of searching for food and provisions.

Exact synonyms: Forage
Generic synonyms: Hunt, Hunting, Search
Derivative terms: Forage, Forage

Definition of Foraging

1. Verb. (present participle of forage) ¹

2. Noun. The act of searching for food. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Foraging

1. forage [v] - See also: forage

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foraging

for the win
for to
for toffee
for what it's worth
fora
foracan
foracans
forage
forage cap
forage fish
forageable
foraged
forager
foragers
forages
foraging (current term)
foraging habitat
foragings
foralite
foralites
foram
foramen
foramen apicis dentis
foramen bursae omentalis majoris
foramen caecum linguae
foramen caecum medullae oblongatae
foramen caecum of frontal bone
foramen caecum of tongue
foramen caecum ossis frontalis
foramen caecum posterius

Literary usage of Foraging

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"Chapter 24 Monospecific and Mixed Species foraging Associations of Marbled Murrelets George L. Hunt, Jr.1 Abstract: Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus ..."

2. The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States by Joel Tyler Headley (1866)
"To regular foraging parties must be intrusted the gathering of provisions ... foraging parties may also take mules or horses to replace the jaded animals of ..."

3. Hard Tack and Coffee by John D. Billings (2001)
"foraging. Can we all forget the foraging the hoys were prone to do. ... The means employed to accomplish this end was known as foraging, which is generally ..."

4. Elements of the Art of War: Prepared for the Use of the Cadets of the United by James Mercur (1889)
"The term foraging, in its wider signification, is applied to all those ... This places the principal field for foraging between the extreme advance and the ..."

5. Elements of the Art of War: Prepared for the Use of the Cadets of the United by James Mercur (1888)
"The term foraging, in its wider signification, is applied to all those ... This places the principal field for foraging between the extreme advance and the ..."

6. The History of the United States of America by Richard Hildreth (1877)
"As the spring opened, strong foraging parties of the British army issued from Philadelphia. An expedition May 7. up the Delaware captured or burned a ..."

7. A Treatise on International Law by William Edward Hall, Alexander Pearce Higgins (1917)
"foraging consists in the collection by troops them- foraging. selves of forage for horses, and of grain, vegetables, or animals as provision for men, ..."

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