foraging : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: foraging	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for foraging
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foraging n the act of searching for food and provisions [syn: foraging, forage]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. His most mighty father on a hill Stood smiling to behold his lion's whelp Forage in blood of French nobility. --Shak. {Foraging ant} (Zo[94]l.), 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.