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for·age
I. \ˈfȯrij, ˈfär-, -rēj\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French fourage, forage, from Old French, from forre, fuerre fodder, straw, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German fuotar food, fodder — more at food
1.
a. : vegetable food (as hay, grain) for domestic animals
< forage crop >
b. : food that wild or domestic animals take for themselves
2. [forage (II) ] : the act of foraging : search for provisions
< they skirt the land like scouts upon a forage — Eileen Duggan >
II. \“, esp in pres part -rəj\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English foragen, from Middle French fourager, from fourage
transitive verb
1.
a. : a strip of provisions : collect forage from
b. archaic : spoil, plunder
2. : to supply (as horses and cattle) with forage
3. : to secure by foraging
< foraged a chicken for the feast >
intransitive verb
1. : to wander or rove in search of forage or food
2. : to secure forage (as for horses and cattle) by stripping the country
3. : ravage, raid
4. : to make a search : rummage
< foraging in his pockets for a match >
< went foraging for bedroom slippers, shaving mirrors, and stationery — Bill Davidson >
III. \ˈfȯrij\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: by folk etymology
: fore edge
< forage painting in bookbinding > |