nip, graze, pinch, push aside, nibble, forage, scrounge, scavenge, steal, harvest, dumpster dive, dig (roots), raid (a garden), cut (vegetables from a vine), taste (a plant), test (a strange plant), root around, scout (for edible plants), outsmart (animal competition), pick (fruit), shell (acorns/nuts), shake off (dirt from roots), shake (branches to loosen coconuts), pluck, swarm around, cannibalize