Definition of forage

noun (n)

• bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle (noun.food)

  Synonym: eatage, grass, pasturage, pasture
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of searching for food and provisions (noun.act)

  Synonym: foraging
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• collect or look around for (food) (verb.possession)

  Synonym: scrounge
  

  source: wordnet30
• wander and feed (verb.consumption)

  Example:
  The animals forage in the woods.
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To strip of provisions; to supply with forage; as, to forage steeds. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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