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Definition

to search for and gather — often food and provisions

More rarely: Forage can imply taking other's food or supplies as when soldiers forage on nearby farms. As a noun, it can reference the items found. Finally, at times (especially in classic literature) it is used in reference plant material eaten by animals.

forage for firewood

forage = searched for and gathered

I foraged through the refrigerator looking for something to eat.

foraged = searched

The animals forage in the woods.

forage = to search for and gather (in this case, food)

He had to forage for himself, and he foraged well,
Jack London -- White Fang
It was well I secured this forage, or both she, I, and Sophie, to whom I conveyed a share of our repast, would have run a chance of getting no dinner at all: every one downstairs was too much engaged to think of us.
Charlotte Bronte -- Jane Eyre
It takes honeybee workers ten million foraging trips to gather enough nectar to make one pound of honey.
Sue Monk Kidd -- The Secret Life of Bees

foraging = searching and gathering

He got better at foraging for food, from neighbors and churches and the street.
Michael Lewis -- The Blind Side

foraging = searching for and gathering — often food and provisions

Because the prisoners had to eat something, the Bulgarians allowed them to forage away from camp, but if they returned after dark they were shot.
Mark Helprin -- A Soldier of the Great War

forage = search for and gather — often food and provisions

He hid food in his pillowcase and foraged in garbage cans.
Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe

foraged = searched for and gathered — often food and provisions

Unlike Dobby, she had obviously not foraged for clothes.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

foraged = searched for and gathered — often food and provisions

She remembers foraging for food—cold hot dogs and toast—when her mother wasn't home, and sometimes when she was.
Christina Baker Kline -- Orphan Train

foraging = searching for and gathering — often food and provisions

The animals weren't the only ones who could forage to survive.
Ben Mikaeslen -- Touching Spirit Bear

forage = search for and gather food

Then they started to forage for wood.
James Vance Marshall -- Walkabout

forage = search for and gather — often food and provisions

They foraged the local factories for pieces of wood, metal, cinder blocks and other materials that might improve it.
W. William Winokur -- The Perfect Game

foraged = searched for and gathered — often food and provisions

My days were more exciting when I was penniless and had to forage around for my next meal.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

forage = search for and gather — often food and provisions

Denisov, who had been losing at cards all night, had not yet come home when Rostov rode back early in the morning from a foraging expedition.
Leo Tolstoy -- War and Peace

foraging = searching for and gathering — often food and provisions

He stared at them a long time from across the street one morning as they prepared for another day of foraging for food or whatever they could turn to food.
Robert Cormier -- After the First Death

foraging = searching for and gathering — often food and provisions

Foraging around the medical area, I found the main bottle of vitamins.
Andy Weir -- The Martian

foraging = searching for and gathering — often food and provisions

I have no clue what's out there beyond these woods and the two-mile stretch of interstate I hike every week to forage for supplies.
Rick Yancey -- The 5th Wave

forage = search for and gather — often food and provisions

Foraging about, I found a bottle with some brandy left, for Hands; and for myself I routed out some biscuit, some pickled fruits, a great bunch of raisins, and a piece of cheese.
Robert Louis Stevenson -- Treasure Island

foraging = searching for and gathering — often food and provisions

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