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foraged

[fawr-ij, for-] Origin

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.

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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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; Middle English < Old French fourrage, derivative of fuerre fodder (< Gmc)

for·ag·er, noun
un·for·aged, adjective


1. See feed.

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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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