The act of looking or searching for food or provisions.
v.
for·aged, for·ag·ing, for·ag·es
v.
intr.
To wander in search of food or provisions.
To make a raid, as for food: soldiers foraging near an abandoned farm.
To conduct a search; rummage.
v.
tr.
To collect forage from; strip of food or supplies: troops who were foraging the countryside.
Informal To obtain by foraging: foraged a snack from the refrigerator.
[Middle English, from Old French fourrage, from forrer, to forage, from feurre, fodder, of Germanic origin; see pā- in Indo-European roots.] for'ag·er n.
[fawr-ij, for-] 
noun, verb, -aged, -ag⋅ing.
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