Hypertext Webster Gateway: "foraging"
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["o]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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
foraging
n : the act of searching for food and provisions [syn: {forage}]
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