forage

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.

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

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forag·er n.

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	forage - bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle eatage, pasturage, pasture, grass 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 provisions foraging search, hunting, hunt - the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
Verb	1.	forage - collect or look around for (food) scrounge 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"

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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

forage [ˈfɔrɪdʒ] n → forraje m

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forage [ˈfɔrɪdʒ] n → fourrage m

vi → fourrager, fouiller

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forage [ˈfɔrɪdʒ] n → Futter nt

vi → herumstöbern;

to forage (for food) → nach Futter suchen

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forage [ˈfɔrɪdʒ] vi → foraggiare

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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 σε βάθος ψάχνω 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 먹을것을 구하다, 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 搜索

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 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 饲料