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to prog

to prog

9.9
To search in fields and woods for food and useful items
  • verb
  • Archaic
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  • During hard times, villagers often went progging in the woods to find something to eat.

Examples

  • He loves to prog for mushrooms in the forest.

  • I often progged around the old market for antiques.

  • The children spent the afternoon progging along the hedgerows for berries and nuts.

  • In the early morning, she could be found progging in the fields for wild herbs.

  • The children spent the afternoon progging along the hedgerows for berries and nuts.

  • During hard times, villagers often went progging in the woods to find something to eat.

  • In the early morning, she could be found progging in the fields for wild herbs.

Synonyms

to forage
vsto prog
22 4.9

To search widely for food in the wild

is an informal and old-fashioned term for that same searching activity
to scrounge
vsto prog
  • Informal
12 6.8

To search for food or supplies by using what you find

is a more informal, old-fashioned search rather than opportunistic collection
to root about
vsto prog
  • UK
7.0

To search through a place or container in a messy way

is a broader search for food or items, not limited to rummaging

How Thorough

to scavenge
8 6.4
to prog
  • Archaic
9.9
to search
∞ 1.0
to scrounge
  • Informal
12 6.8
to look around
552 1.0

Surface Forms

prog infinitive
progged past
progged past participle
progging present participle
progs third person singular

Etymology

Prog (or 'progging') in older rural use means to search for food or useful items, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of looking for 'provisions' in fields and woods. So to 'prog' is to go out and gather things from nature.