forage
To search for food in the wild.
forage in a sentence
- The squirrels forage for acorns all autumn, burying them under the old oak tree.
- At low tide the seabirds forage along the shore, hunting for worms and tiny crabs.
Words that mean something similar
hunt, search, gather
More words about movement & action
- frolic: To play and jump about happily.
- fumble: To handle something clumsily or keep dropping it.
- gingerly: Very carefully and gently, so that nothing goes wrong.
- glide: To move smoothly and quietly, without any effort.
- grapple: To wrestle or struggle with something difficult.
- gruelling: So hard and tiring that it completely wears you out.
- hamper: To make it hard for someone to do something.
- hasty: Done too quickly and without thinking.
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Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test