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search+for+food+(verb)

  • 1 root

    I 1. [ru:t] noun
    1) (the part of a plant that grows under the ground and draws food and water from the soil: Trees often have deep roots; Carrots and turnips are edible roots.) ρίζα
    2) (the base of something growing in the body: the roots of one's hair/teeth.) ρίζα
    3) (cause; origin: Love of money is the root of all evil; We must get at the root of the trouble.) ρίζα
    4) ((in plural) family origins: Our roots are in Scotland.) καταγωγή, ρίζες
    2. verb
    (to (make something) grow roots: These plants aren't rooting very well; He rooted the plants in compost.) ριζώνω/ φυτεύω
    - root crop
    - root out
    - take root     II [ru:t] verb
    1) (to poke about in the ground: The pigs were rooting about for food.) ψάχνω με το ρύγχος
    2) (to search by turning things over etc: She rooted about in the cupboard.) ανασκαλεύω

    English-Greek dictionary > root

  • 2 forage

    ['fori‹] 1. verb
    ((often with about) to search thoroughly: He foraged about in the cupboard; He foraged for food in the cupboard.) ψάχνω
    2. noun
    (food for horses and cattle.) ζωοτροφή

    English-Greek dictionary > forage

  • 3 hunt

    1. verb
    1) (to chase (animals etc) for food or for sport: He spent the whole day hunting (deer).) κυνηγώ
    2) (to pursue or drive out: The murderer was hunted from town to town.) καταδιώκω
    2. noun
    1) (the act of hunting animals etc: a tiger hunt.) κυνήγι
    2) (a search: I'll have a hunt for that lost necklace.) αναζήτηση
    •
    - hunting
    - huntsman
    - hunt down
    - hunt for
    - hunt high and low
    - hunt out

    English-Greek dictionary > hunt

  • 4 grub

    1. noun
    1) (the form of an insect after it hatches from its egg: A caterpillar is a grub.) προνύμφη
    2) (a slang term for food: Is there any grub in the house?) μάσα
    2. verb
    (to search by digging: The pigs were grubbing around for roots.) σκαλίζω

    English-Greek dictionary > grub

  • 5 scavenge

    ['skævin‹]
    (to search for useful or usable objects, food etc amongst rubbish etc.) ψάχνω στα σκουπίδια

    English-Greek dictionary > scavenge

  • 6 browse

    1. verb
    1) ((of animals) to feed (on shoots or leaves of plants).) ρίχνω ματιές, ξεφυλλίζω
    2) ((of people) to glance through a book etc casually: I don't want to buy a book - I'm just browsing.) κορφολογώ
    3) (to search computer material, especially on a worldwide network.) αναζητώ στο διαδίκτυο
    2. noun
    1) (shoots, twigs or leaves as food for cattle.) κοίταγμα
    2) (an act of browsing.)

    English-Greek dictionary > browse

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