forage

[for·age]

To forage is to wander around looking for food. When it’s cold and snowy outside, birds may forage for food in your backyard, digging around for whatever they can find.

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The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.

Noun
the act of searching for food and provisions

Noun
animal food for browsing or grazing

Verb
wander and feed; "The animals forage in the woods"

Verb
collect or look around for (food)

n.
The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.

n.
Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats.

v. i.
To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp. forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the country; to ravage; to feed on spoil.

v. t.
To strip of provisions; to supply with forage; as, to forage steeds.

Forage

For"age (?; 48), n. [OF. fourage, F. fourrage, fr. forre, fuerre, fodder, straw, F. feurre, fr. LL. foderum, fodrum, of German or Scand, origin; cf. OHG. fuotar, G. futter. See Fodder food, and cf. Foray.] 1. The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.

He [the lion] from forage will incline to play.

One way a band select from forage drives A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine.

Mawhood completed his forage unmolested.

2. Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats. Dryden. Forage cap. See under Cap. -- Forage master (Mil.), a person charged with providing forage and the means of transporting it. Farrow.

Forage

For"age, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Foraged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Foraging .] To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp. forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the country; to ravage; to feed on spoil.

His most mighty father on a hill Stood smiling to behold his lion's whelp Forage in blood of French nobility.

Foraging ant (Zo'94l.), one of several species of ants of the genus Eciton, very abundant in tropical America, remarkable for marching in vast armies in search of food. -- Foraging cap, a forage cap. -- Foraging party, a party sent out after forage.

Forage

For"age , v. t. To strip of provisions; to supply with forage; as, to forage steeds. Pope.

The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.

To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp. forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the country; to ravage; to feed on spoil.

To strip of provisions; to supply with forage; as, to forage steeds.

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Usage Examples

Tramping is too easy with all this money. My days were more exciting when I was penniless and had to forage around for my next meal... I've decided that I'm going to live this life for some time to come. The freedom and simple beauty of it is just too good to pass up.

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