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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 meaningsnoun
Fodder for animals, especially cattle and horses.
An act or instance of foraging.
The act of searching for food and provisions
Similar: foraging
Older and rare meanings (1)
obsoleteThe demand for fodder etc by an army from the local population
verb
To search for and gather food for animals, particularly cattle and horses.
To rampage through, gathering and destroying as one goes.
To rummage.
Of an animal: to seek out and eat food.
Collect or look around for (food)
Similar: scroungeWander and feed
“The animals forage in the woods”
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).