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