Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of forage
nounforaging (countable and uncountable, plural foragings)
plural foragings
- countableuncountableThe 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.
2025 January 28, Jack Guy, “Tiny QR codes help scientists track bee movements”, in CNN
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Danish fødesøgning
- fødesøgningthe act of searching for food
Dutch voedselverzameling
- voedselverzamelingthe act of searching for food
Finnish ruoanetsintä, hortoilu
- ruoanetsintäthe act of searching for food
- hortoiluthe act of searching for food
- ruoankeräilythe act of searching for food
German Futtersuche
- Futtersuchethe act of searching for food
Irish sirtheoireacht
- sirtheoireachtthe act of searching for food
Japanese 採餌
- 採餌 (saiji)the act of searching for food
Norwegian matauk
- mataukthe act of searching for food
Polish zbieractwo
- zbieractwothe act of searching for food
Russian собирательство, фуражировка
- собирательство (sobiratelʹstvo)the act of searching for food
- фуражировка (furažirovka)the act of searching for food
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
foraging. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foraging
MLA
“foraging.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foraging. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foraging,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foraging.
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