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foraging

[ fawr-i-jing, for- ]

noun

  1. the acquisition of food by hunting, fishing, or the gathering of plant matter.


adjective

  1. characterized by or dependent upon the acquisition of food by such means; food-gathering:

    a foraging people.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of foraging1

First recorded in 1480–90; forage ( def ) + -ing 1( def ) for the noun, forage ( def ) + -ing 2( def ) for the adjective

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Example Sentences

Mountain sheep were everywhere, some sleeping by the road, some foraging, bells ringing from their necks as they moved.

The children escape but die foraging for food in the wilderness, and die embracing each other.

The culprit was a “highly protective” mother bear out foraging with her three cubs.

More foraging pressure is being placed on locations with good water quality, as in the case of watercress.

The Colombia trip includes foraging from forests outside Bogotá and eyeing orchids in Medellín (not edible).

The foraging party were now provided with their lists, and with certain sums to pay for the things they were to get.

To escape detection while breaking the orders against foraging, the five men named had stolen from the camp at an early hour.

The Cossæi, like the neighbouring mountaineers, are for the most part archers, and are always out on foraging parties.

Some of these foraging parties had encounters with the enemy which would, in ordinary times, rank as respectable battles.

He had doubtless gone into the stable on a foraging expedition.

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