verb [ I ] us / ˈfɔːr.ɪdʒ / uk / ˈfɒr.ɪdʒ /. to go from place to place searching for things that you can eat or use: The children had been living on the streets, foraging for scraps. The pigs foraged in the woods for acorns. The chef offers special dishes of wild and foraged foods, including wood pigeon and snails.