forage
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ɪdʒ, ˈfɒr- 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.
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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.
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| —n | |
| 1. | food for horses or cattle, esp hay or straw |
| 2. | the act of searching for food or provisions |
| 3. | military a raid or incursion |
| —vb | |
| 4. | to search (the countryside or a town) for food, provisions, etc |
| 5. | (intr) military to carry out a raid |
| 6. | (tr) to obtain by searching about |
| 7. | (tr) to give food or other provisions to |
| 8. | (tr) to feed (cattle or horses) with such food |
| [C14: from Old French fourrage, probably of Germanic origin; see | |
| 'forager | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
forage
early 14c., from O.Fr. forage, from fuerre "fodder, straw," from Frankish *fodr "food" (cf. O.H.G. fuotar, O.E. fodor); see fodder. The verb is first recorded early 15c. Related: Foraged; forager; foraging.
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Example sentences
The elephants then filed up the opposite bank to continue their relentless search for dry season forage.
Elephant seals migrate in search of food, spending months at sea and often diving deep to forage.
The researchers speculate the chimps know best where to forage on their old stamping grounds.
These adaptable primates store fat in their tails and hind legs, burning it when forage is lean.
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