Crossword clues for foraged
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Forage \For"age\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Foraged; p. pr. & vb. n. Foraging.] To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp. forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the country; to ravage; to feed on spoil.
His most mighty father on a hill
Stood smiling to behold his lion's whelp
Forage in blood of French nobility.
--Shak.
Foraging ant (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of ants of the genus Eciton, very abundant in tropical America, remarkable for marching in vast armies in search of food.
Foraging cap, a forage cap.
Foraging party, a party sent out after forage.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: forage)
Usage examples of "foraged".
No one foraged alone this far out, because it was too far from their safe retreat.
They found good berries all around the outcropping, because no people had foraged there recently, so they were able to eat well before darkness closed.
He still foraged, but the seasonal variation of the availability of fruits and tubers and grubs made for some lean times.
They foraged for berries and grubs, then made a camp amidst a thicket where no large animal could approach without making a commotion, and slept.
Men typically hunted, while women foraged, so women had the better eye for plants.
Jes foraged for tinder while Ned brought out two suitable flint rocks and experimented with striking them together in the manner he had learned from Blaze.
Until they reached the warmer latitudes, and foraged again from the land as well.
Because the old shores to the south were losing their vitality, getting fished and foraged out.
Their success had not been great recently, so that the berries and roots foraged by the women served as the main sustenance.
He was allowed to have anything he hunted or foraged near the picture site, as well as very limited supplies from the camp.
Then they foraged for more food, and excavated a chamber in the collapsed house for their temporary residence.
Hu had foraged for them all, and shown them how to find snails, and Jo had defended Hu.
The men had to maintain the pursuit of the beest, giving her no time to rest by day, while the women foraged so as to sustain the men during the hunt.
He was used to hunting on the plain, while the women foraged in the garden regions.
So they foraged, finding good bamboo sprouts and a number of fat bugs to eat.