Verb: forage for-ij or fó-rij [N. Amer], fó-rij [Brit]
- Collect or look around for (food)
"The animals foraged for nuts and seeds";
- scrounge
- Wander and feed
"The animals forage in the woods"
- Bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
"The horses were turned out to the pasture for forage";
- eatage [dialect], pasture, pasturage, grass, grazing
- The act of searching for food and provisions
"The bears' forage brought them dangerously close to the campsite";
- foraging
Derived forms: foraging, forages, foraged
Type of: feed, fodder, hunt, hunt down, hunting, run, search, track down
Encyclopedia: Forage