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forage

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As a noun, forage means fodder for animals, especially cattle and horses. As a verb, it means search for and gather food for animals, particularly cattle and horses.

Meanings of forage

11 meanings

noun

  1. Fodder for animals, especially cattle and horses.

  2. An act or instance of foraging.

  3. Bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattlefood

    Similar: eatage, pasture, pasturage, grass
  4. The act of searching for food and provisions

    Similar: foraging
Older and rare meanings (1)
  1. obsoleteThe demand for fodder etc by an army from the local population

verb

  1. To search for and gather food for animals, particularly cattle and horses.

  2. To rampage through, gathering and destroying as one goes.

  3. To rummage.

  4. Of an animal: to seek out and eat food.

  5. Collect or look around for (food)

    Similar: scrounge
  6. Wander and feed

    “The animals forage in the woods”

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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noun: bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing hors…
noun: the act of searching for food and provisions
verb: collect or look around for (food)

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