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forage

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for·age  (fôrj, fr-)
n.
1. Food for domestic animals; fodder.
2. The act of looking or searching for food or provisions.
v. for·aged, for·ag·ing, for·ag·es
v.intr.
1. To wander in search of food or provisions.
2. To make a raid, as for food: soldiers foraging near an abandoned farm.
3. To conduct a search; rummage.
v.tr.
1. To collect forage from; strip of food or supplies: troops who were foraging the countryside.
2. Informal To obtain by foraging: foraged a snack from the refrigerator.

[Middle English, from Old French fourrage, from forrer, to forage, from feurre, fodder, of Germanic origin; see p- in Indo-European roots.]

forag·er n.

forage [ˈfɒrɪdʒ]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) food for horses or cattle, esp hay or straw
2. the act of searching for food or provisions
3. (Military) Military a raid or incursion
vb
1. to search (the countryside or a town) for food, provisions, etc.
2. (Military) (intr) Military to carry out a raid
3. (tr) to obtain by searching about
4. (tr) to give food or other provisions to
5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (tr) to feed (cattle or horses) with such food
[from Old French fourrage, probably of Germanic origin; see food, fodder]
forager  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.forage - bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattleforage - bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
fodder - coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
2.forage - the act of searching for food and provisionsforage - the act of searching for food and provisions
search, hunting, hunt - the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
Verb1.forage - collect or look around for (food)
hunt, hunt down, track down, run - pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"
rustle - forage food
2.forage - wander and feed; "The animals forage in the woods"
eat, feed - take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"
prey, raven, predate - prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs"

forage
verb
search, hunt, scavenge, cast about, seek, explore, raid, scour, plunder, look round, rummage, ransack, scrounge (informal), fossick (Austral. & N.Z.) They were forced to forage for clothes and fuel.
noun
(for cattle, etc.) fodder, food, feed, foodstuffs, provender forage needed to feed one cow and its calf
Translations
forage [ˈfɒrɪdʒ]
A. N (for cattle) → forraje m
B. VI they foraged for food in the junglese adentraron en la selva en busca de alimento

forage [ˈfɒrɪdʒ]
nfourrage m
vi [animal] → fourrager
to forage for sth (= look for) [person] → fouiller pour trouver qch
to forage for food [animal] → chercher de la nourriture
forage cap ncalot m

forage
n
(= fodder)Futter nt
(= search for fodder)Futtersuche f; (Mil) → Überfall m
vinach Futter suchen; (Mil) → einen Überfall/Überfälle machen; (fig: = rummage) → herumstöbern (for nach)

forage [ˈfɒrɪdʒ]
1. npiante fpl foraggere
2. vi to forage (for)andare in cerca (di)

forage
v forage [ˈforidʒ]
(often withabout) to search thoroughly He foraged about in the cupboard; He foraged for food in the cupboard. soek; vir kos soek يَبْحَث عن الطعام، العَلَف търся щателно slídit, shánět se (po) rode; fouragere herumstöbern ψάχνω σε βάθος buscar tuhlama به دقت جستجو کردن etsiä fouiller (pour trouver) לְשוֹטֵט בְּחִיפּוּש מָזוֹן खोज में घूमना tražiti hranu, prekopavati kutat vmi után mencari-cari leita (að æti); krafsa/róta upp rovistare 探し回る 샅샅이 뒤지다 raustis meklēt; rakņāties mencari-cari zoeken rote, romstere szperać, plądrować procurar a sco­toci (după) рыться zháňať (čo) brskati pretražiti leta, rota หาอาหาร aramak 搜索 нишпорити غذا کی تلاش کرنا tìm kiếm hay săn lùng cái gì
n
food for horses and cattle. voer; veevoer عَلَف фураж píce fourage; foder das Viehfutter ζωοτροφή forraje hobusemoon, loomasööt علوفه rehu fourrage מִספּוֹא चारा krma takarmány pakan ternak skepnufóður foraggio 牛馬の飼料 (말, 소의) 먹이, 사료 pašaras lopbarība makanan ternak voeder fôr obrok, pasza forragem nutreţ фураж krmivo krma stočna hrana foder, furage อาหารสัตว์ yem, hayvan yemi 飼料 фураж مویشیوں کا چارہ thức ăn cho ngựa và đại gia súc


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Bring war material with you from home, but forage on the enemy.
The country became more marshy toward evening; the forests dwindled to isolated clumps of trees; and on the borders of the river could be seen plantations of tobacco, and swampy meadow-lands fat with forage.
The hermit was apparently somewhat moved to compassion by the anxiety as well as address which the stranger displayed in tending his horse; for, muttering something about provender left for the keeper's palfrey, he dragged out of a recess a bundle of forage, which he spread before the knight's charger, and immediately afterwards shook down a quantity of dried fern in the corner which he had assigned for the rider's couch.
 
 
 
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