Sekirov Dictionary

forage

UK /ˈfɒɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/US /ˈfoɹɪd͡ʒ/

verb 4
noun 3
forms 3

verb4

•
To search for and gather food for animals, particularly cattle and horses.
- The message said that the party intended to hunt and forage through this region, for a month or two, afore it went back into the Canadas. — 1841
Of an animal: to seek out and eat food.
•
To rummage.
- Using the blankets for a basket, we sent up the books, instruments, and clothes to swell our growing midden on the deck; and then Nares, going on hands and knees, began to forage underneath the bed. — 1892
To rampage through, gathering and destroying as one goes.

noun3

Fodder for animals, especially cattle and horses.
•
An act or instance of foraging.
- He [the lion] from forage will incline to play. — 1595
(no longer used) The demand for fodder, etc., by an army from the local population.

forms

foraged · foraging · forages

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