foraging
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foraging
verb
- present participle and gerund of forage
noun foragings
- The act of searching for food or other items. “This suggests that most of the foraging that the bees do occurs very close to the hive,” study co-author Margarita López-Uribe, an associate professor of entomology at PSU, told CNN on Monday.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: fighter, eating, hunting, feed, feeder, feeding, foodservice, nourishment, food, pursuit, nutritional, grazing, fodder, fuelling, diet, dietary
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noun the act of searching for food
| 日本語 | 採餌 saiji |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Futtersuche |
| Русский | собирательство sobiratelʹstvo, фуражировка furažirovka |
Talk about this word "foraging." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/foraging. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. foraging. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/foraging "foraging." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/foraging.Cite this
@misc{foraging_2026,
title = {foraging},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/foraging},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
