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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Forage \For"age\, verb (used without an object) [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
foraging
noun: the act of searching for food and provisions [syn: {forage}]
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