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[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.
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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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
foraging
n 1: the act of searching for food and provisions [syn:
foraging, forage]