Foraging
noun, verb
noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 the act of searching for food and provisions wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of forage form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"On these foraging trips, the bee can travel as far as two to five miles from the hive."