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[ fawr-i-jing, for- ] / ˈfɔr ɪ dʒɪŋ, ˈfɒr- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR foraging ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe acquisition of food by hunting, fishing, or the gathering of plant matter. adjectivecharacterized by or dependent upon the acquisition of food by such means; food-gathering: a foraging people. Words nearby foragingfor, for a change, forage, forage cap, forage mite, foraging, foraging ant, Foraker, for all, for all intents and purposes, for all one is worth Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for foragingMountain sheep were everywhere, some sleeping by the road, some foraging, bells ringing from their necks as they moved. Is This Hemingway’s Pamplona or a Lot of Bull?|Clive Irving|July 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Salt Point is also the setting of a cautionary tale about foraging that has spread like a fungus among the mycological community. The Foraging Wars: Extreme Eating Hits California|Debra A. Klein|January 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST Attempts to mimic the eating habits of our foraging relatives results from a confused understanding of our history. Eat Like a Caveman? The Trouble With Paleo Living|Robert Herritt|March 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST My wife comes home from a foraging mission and reports seeing homemade signs in the area that say, "Con Ed Sucks." Lights Out in Westchester, New York|Malcolm Jones|November 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But often Steinbeck was traveling across the western U.S., with no good fishing or foraging to be had. Menu for a Moveable Feast: 10 Famous Authors and Their Favorite Foods & Recipes|Nicole Villeneuve|October 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST This leads me to believe that this partly accounts for their foraging at night. Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual|Various Then the members of the foraging party remembered they had no authority from their officer in command to conduct such operations. Battery E in France|Frederic R. Kilner We also held the country to the south and west of the Ogeechee as foraging ground. Life of Wm. Tecumseh Sherman.|W. Fletcher Johnson This individual was observed at close range while swimming and foraging in North Creek, and there can be no doubt of its identity. Additional Records and Extensions of Known Ranges of Mammals from Utah|Stephen D. Durrant The officer in charge of the foraging party would ride up to the monastery with his escort. To Lhassa at Last|Powell Millington
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