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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 [for-ridge]
Verb
[-aging, -aged]
1. to search for food
2. to obtain by searching about: she foraged for her shoes
Noun
1. food for horses or cattle, esp. hay or straw
2. the act of searching for food or provisions [Old French fourrage]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.forageforage - 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.forageforage - 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
noun 1. (for cattle) fodder, food, feed, foodstuffs, provender
verb 2. search, hunt, scavenge, cast about, seek, explore, raid, scour, plunder, look round, rummage, ransack, scrounge (informal) fossick Austral., N.Z.
Translations
Spanish forage [ˈfɔrɪdʒ] nforraje m
French forage [ˈfɔrɪdʒ] nfourrage m
German forage [ˈfɔrɪdʒ] nFutter nt
viherumstöbern;
to forage (for food) → nach Futter suchen

Italian forage [ˈfɔrɪdʒ] viforaggiare

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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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