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for⋅age

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

Related forms:
for⋅ag⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. See feed.
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for·age   (fôr'ĭj, fŏr'-)   
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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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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