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Contexts ▼▲ Noun (someone or something) The act of trying to find or looking for The act of recovering, for any purpose, discarded items that would otherwise be sent to a landfill Act of hunting and feeding on other organisms Verb Present participle for to hunt or search about for something Present participle for to grope around with one's fingers to find, collect, or hold on to something (of a person or animal) Present participle for to move about restlessly and stealthily, especially in search of prey Adjective Surviving by preying on other animals … more ▼ ▲ Noun ▲ (someone or something) The act of trying to find or looking for search hunt look exploration scout probe dig digging forage foraging scavenge ferreting rummage rifling scouring hunting quest ferreting about ferreting around pursuit of rooting about rooting around rummaging about rummaging around seeking after delve seeking rummaging Noun ▲ The act of recovering, for any purpose, discarded items that would otherwise be sent to a landfill dumpster diving binning dumpstering foraging garbing salvaging skipping tatting trashing D-Mart garbage gleaning garbage picking skip-raiding Noun ▲ Act of hunting and feeding on other organisms preying predatoriness foraging predacity predation rapaciousness Verb ▲ Present participle for to hunt or search about for something hunting searching foraging rummaging fossicking sifting looking rooting about scratching about rooting around scratching around seeking scouring combing scouting scrounging ferreting fine-tooth-combing fishing probing tracking down seeking out ransacking exploring grubbing ferrets about casting about hunting around rootling around casting around looking around ferreting around rummaging round looking round rummaging around nosing around nosing about rummaging about looking about looking high and low looking for scrounging around casting round nosing round delving fumbling scrabbling feeling pursuing groping fishing around examining fishing about digging around rooting floundering poking prospecting winnowing casting around for rootling about foraging around dragging foraging about looking up ferreting out tracing investigating searching high heaven skirring looking all over hell rootling casting about for questing going after groping around scouring around chasing down fishing for trying to find shopping for searching out foraging for fingering grabbling prying rousting around feeling blindly scanning chasing scouting out “The European red fox is common in the urban-rural fringe areas where they scavenge for food.” Verb ▲ Present participle for to grope around with one's fingers to find, collect, or hold on to something scrabbling groping fumbling feeling fishing rummaging rooting pawing digging grubbing grabbling rootling scraping around Verb ▲ (of a person or animal) Present participle for to move about restlessly and stealthily, especially in search of prey prowling slinking sneaking lurking skulking stealing creeping sidling snaking pussyfooting stalking nosing snooping hunting tramping cruising ranging roaming roving moving stealthily lying in wait nosing around Adjective ▲ Surviving by preying on other animals carnivorous omnivorous hunting predatory rapacious raptorial insectivorous creophagous zoophagous flesh-eating meat-eating fish-eating of prey predacious omophagous cannibalistic ravening predaceous raptatorial preying predative flesh-consuming Find more words! 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