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Verb: forage  for-ij or fó-rij [N. Amer], fó-rij [Brit]
  1. Collect or look around for (food)
    "The animals foraged for nuts and seeds";
    - scrounge
     
  2. Wander and feed
    "The animals forage in the woods"
Noun: forage  for-ij or fó-rij [N. Amer], fó-rij [Brit]
  1. 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
     
  2. 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