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Forage Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Forage? [n] the act of searching for food and provisions [n] animal food for browsing or grazing [v] hunt for food or provisions [v] wander and feed; of animals [v] collect or look around for (food) Synonyms \| Synonyms for Forage: eatage \| foraging \| grass \| pasturage \| pasture \| scrounge Related Terms \| Find terms related to Forage: barley \| beat \| beat the bushes \| bird seed \| board \| bran \| bread \| bunker \| burrow \| cat food \| cater \| chicken feed \| chop \| coal \| comb \| corn \| delve \| depredate \| despoil \| dig \| dine \| dog food \| domiciliary visit \| dragnet \| eatage \| ensilage \| exploration \| explore \| feed \| fill up \| fleece \| fodder \| foray \| freeboot \| frisk \| fuel \| gas \| gas up \| go through \| grain \| grass \| gratify \| graze \| gut \| hay \| house-search \| hunt \| hunting \| look around \| look round \| look through \| loot \| maraud \| mash \| meal \| meat \| mess \| nose around \| oats \| oil \| pasturage \| pasture \| perquisition \| pet food \| pillage \| plunder \| poke \| poke around \| posse \| prey on \| probe \| provender \| provision \| pry \| purvey \| quest \| raid \| ransack \| ransacking \| ravage \| raven \| ravish \| regale \| reive \| research \| rifle \| root \| rummage \| sack \| satisfy \| scratch \| scratch feed \| search \| search party \| search through \| search warrant \| search-and-destroy operation \| searching \| sell \| silage \| slops \| smell around \| spoil \| spoliate \| stalk \| stalking \| still hunt \| straw \| sustain \| sweep \| swill \| top off \| turning over \| victual \| wheat \| wine and dine See Also \| eat \| feed \| feed \| hunt \| hunt \| hunt \| hunt down \| hunt down \| hunting \| predate \| prey \| provender \| raven \| run \| run \| search \| track down \| track down Forage In Webster's Dictionary \For"age\ (?; 48), n. [OF. fourage, F. fourrage, fr. forre, fuerre, fodder, straw, F. feurre, fr. LL. foderum, fodrum, of German or Scand, origin; cf. OHG. fuotar, G. futter. See {Fodder} food, and cf. {Foray}.] 1. The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc. He [the lion] from forage will incline to play. --Shak. One way a band select from forage drives A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine. --Milton. Mawhood completed his forage unmolested. --Marshall. 2. Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats. --Dryden. {Forage cap}. See under {Cap}. {Forage master} (Mil.), a person charged with providing forage and the means of transporting it. --Farrow. \For"age\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Foraged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foraging}.] To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp. forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the country; to ravage; to feed on spoil. His most mighty father on a hill Stood smiling to behold his lion's whelp Forage in blood of French nobility. --Shak. {Foraging ant} (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of ants of the genus {Eciton}, very abundant in tropical America, remarkable for marching in vast armies in search of food. {Foraging cap}, a forage cap. {Foraging party}, a party sent out after forage. \For"age\, v. t. To strip of provisions; to supply with forage; as, to forage steeds. --Pope.

Forage Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Forage?

[n] the act of searching for food and provisions
[n] animal food for browsing or grazing
[v] hunt for food or provisions
[v] wander and feed; of animals
[v] collect or look around for (food)

Forage In Webster's Dictionary

\For"age\ (?; 48), n. [OF. fourage, F. fourrage, fr.
forre, fuerre, fodder, straw, F. feurre, fr. LL. foderum,
fodrum, of German or Scand, origin; cf. OHG. fuotar, G.
futter. See {Fodder} food, and cf. {Foray}.]
1. The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.

         He [the lion] from forage will incline to play.
                                               --Shak.

         One way a band select from forage drives A herd of
         beeves, fair oxen and fair kine.      --Milton.

         Mawhood completed his forage unmolested. --Marshall.

2. Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and
   cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats. --Dryden.

{Forage cap}. See under {Cap}.

{Forage master} (Mil.), a person charged with providing
   forage and the means of transporting it. --Farrow.


\For"age\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Foraged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Foraging}.]
To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp.
forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the
country; to ravage; to feed on spoil.

      His most mighty father on a hill Stood smiling to
      behold his lion's whelp Forage in blood of French
      nobility.                                --Shak.

{Foraging ant} (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of ants of
   the genus {Eciton}, very abundant in tropical America,
   remarkable for marching in vast armies in search of food.


{Foraging cap}, a forage cap.

{Foraging party}, a party sent out after forage.


\For"age\, v. t.
To strip of provisions; to supply with forage; as, to forage
steeds. --Pope.

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