🇬🇧🇪🇸 forager - recolector : English Lesson

Meaning of "forager" ("recolector"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A forager is a person or animal that moves from place to place searching for food or helpful things in nature, instead of growing or buying them. Foragers might look for berries, nuts, roots, honey, mushrooms, or sticks to build with. Many wild animals, like squirrels and ants, are foragers because they spend their day hunting around for snacks and supplies wherever they can find them.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

Grandpa called himself a forager when he searched the fridge, but really he was just hunting for leftover pizza.

The raccoon forager knocked over every trash can on the street and then looked offended when people called it messy.

In the forest, the bear was a gentle forager, but to the berries it was a terrifying fruit vacuum cleaner.

The mouse forager dragged a whole slice of bread home, clearly planning a carb party for all its friends.

Many early humans were foragers who survived by gathering wild plants and hunting animals—basically living life as full-time nature snack hunters.

At dawn the forager crouched by the river, fingers cold, eyes sharp. The forager picked wild berries, then found a soft loaf hidden under leaves. A small boy watched the forager with wide hope. The forager smiled, broke the bread, and now the boy hugged the forager in grateful joy.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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