forage

Speech parts

1. forage - Noun

2. forage - Verb

Meaning

The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.

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

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

scrounge grass rummage search seek feed hunt foraging pasture graze scavenge scour pasturage eatage ley
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Antonyms

house garrison ward harbour guardsman patrolman
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Hypernyms

run search hunting eat feed hunt

Hyponyms

raven prey rustle predate

Phrases with the word

reindeer forage forage plant forage legume forage around forage for

Derivatives

foraged foraging

Examples

Survival-of the species of the culture of the faith-has a biological dimension. What would have befallen our Hominid ancestors had they implemented gender parity in their hunter-gatherer societies-sometimes the women hunt while the men forage and mind the kids, and vice versa? Ilana Mercer

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. Christopher McCandless

For the Gulf States, perhaps no forage crop of which the available seed supply is relatively abundant exceeds the velvet bean in potential value. This legume possesses also the ability to make a crop when planted relatively late. David F. Houston

The animals forage in the woods Source: Internet

163 pp. In British Columbia, Canada, 41 percent of the provincial Agricultural Land Reserve area is unsuitable for production of cultivated crops, but is suitable for uncultivated production of forage usable by grazing livestock. Source: Internet

A fall in the sea-level led to massive glaciation; consequently, grasslands abounded in nutritious forage. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

fora foracan FORACS forage around forage cap forage for