forage

/fˈɒɹɪd‍ʒ/

/ˈfɔɹɪdʒ/

[noun] [verb]

Forage

[NOUN]

the act of searching for food and provisions

synonyms : foraging

bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle

synonyms : eatage

to forage

MAIN VERB

wander and feed

collect or look around for (food)

synonyms : scrounge

Examples

1. When supplies ran low during the mountaineering expedition, the climbers realized that hunger breaks stone walls and undertook increasingly dangerous descents to forage for food.

2. For millennia, humans foraged wild grass seeds.

3. The 10-foot-long dragon forages the beach in search food.

4. The classic foraged black truffle.