Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

foraging
     n : the act of searching for food and provisions [syn: {forage}]