forage
verb/ˈfɔrɪdʒ/
Frequency rank: #11,489 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to search widely for food or provisions
Example sentence
During the long winter, deer must forage for food beneath the snow.
Synonyms & related words
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