Foraging

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of searching for food or other items. countable, uncountable

    "“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."

  2. 2
    the act of searching for food and provisions wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of forage form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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banditrydepredationdespoliationforageforaylooting

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"On these foraging trips, the bee can travel as far as two to five miles from the hive."

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