Forage

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Food for domestic animals; fodder.
  • n. The act of looking or searching for food or provisions.
  • verb-intransitive. To wander in search of food or provisions.
  • verb-intransitive. To make a raid, as for food: soldiers foraging near an abandoned farm.
  • verb-intransitive. To conduct a search; rummage.
  • v. To collect forage from; strip of food or supplies: troops who were foraging the countryside.
  • v. Informal To obtain by foraging: foraged a snack from the refrigerator.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Fodder for animals, especially cattle and horses.
  • v. To search for and gather food for animals, particularly cattle and horses.
  • v. To rampage through, gathering and destroying as one goes.
  • v. To rummage.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • verb-intransitive. 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. To strip of provisions; to supply with forage.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Food of any kind for horses and cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, oats, etc.: also used humorously of human food.
  • n. The act of providing forage; the act of searching for provisions of any kind: as, the troop subsisted by forage.
  • n. Synonyms Fodder, etc. See feed, n.
  • To procure food for horses or cattle by a roving search from place to place; specifically (military), to collect supplies for horses, and also for men or stock, from an enemy by force, or from friends by impressment; in general, to procure provisions or goods of any kind in a predatory manner.
  • To ravage; feed on spoil.
  • To wander far; rove; range.
  • To strip of provisions, as for horses, troops, etc.
  • To supply with forage or fodder: as, to forage horses.
  • To ransack; overrun, as when searching for forage.
  • To procure by forage.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. collect or look around for (food)
  • v. wander and feed
  • n. bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
  • n. the act of searching for food and provisions
  • Verb Form
    foraged    forages    foraging   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fodder    search    hunting    hunt   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    foraged    foraging    forager   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ravage    food    search    feed    plunder   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    burridge    storage   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    fodder    firewood    victuals    oat    pasturage    necessaries    foodstuff    hay    alfalfa    ration