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for·age       [fawr-ij, for-] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -aged, -ag·ing.
–noun
1.food for horses or cattle; fodder; provender.
2.the seeking or obtaining of such food.
3.the act of searching for provisions of any kind.
4.a raid.
–verb (used without object)
5.to wander or go in search of provisions.
6.to search about; seek; rummage; hunt: He went foraging in the attic for old mementos.
7.to make a raid.
–verb (used with object)
8.to collect forage from; strip of supplies; plunder: to forage the countryside.
9.to supply with forage.
10.to obtain by foraging.

[Origin: 1275–1325; ME < OF fourrage, deriv. of fuerre fodder (< Gmc)]

for·ag·er, noun

1. See feed.
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for·age       (fôr'ĭj, fŏr'-)  Pronunciation Key 
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.


[Middle English, from Old French fourrage, from forrer, to forage, from feurre, fodder, of Germanic origin; see pā- in Indo-European roots.]

for'ag·er n.
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forage  (n.)
c.1315, from O.Fr. forage, from fuerre "fodder, straw," from Frank. *fodr "food" (cf. O.H.G. fuotar, O.E. fodor); see fodder. The verb is first recorded 1417.

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forage

noun
1. bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle [syn: eatage
2. the act of searching for food and provisions [syn: foraging

verb
1. collect or look around for (food) [syn: scrounge
2. wander and feed; "The animals forage in the woods" 

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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. --Shak.

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

Mawhood completed his forage unmolested. --Marshall.

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.

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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. --Shak.

Foraging ant (Zo["o]l.), 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.

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Forage

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

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