forage

for·age

F0241800 (fôr′ĭj, fŏr′-)n.1. Plant material that livestock graze or that is cut and fed to them.2. The act of looking or searching for food or provisions.v. for·aged, for·ag·ing, for·ag·es v.intr.1. To wander in search of food or provisions.2. To search for a particular food or foods, often in the wild: foraged for mushrooms; foraging in the farmers' markets for choice produce.3. To make a raid, as for food: soldiers foraging near an abandoned farm.4. To conduct a search; rummage: foraged through the clutter in his closet.v.tr.1. To collect forage from; strip of food or supplies: troops who were foraging the countryside.2. Informal To obtain by foraging: foraged a snack from the refrigerator.

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[Middle English, from Old French fourrage, from forrer, to forage, from feurre, fodder, of Germanic origin; see pā- in Indo-European roots.]

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for′ag·er n.

forage

(ˈfɒrɪdʒ) n1. (Agriculture) food for horses or cattle, esp hay or straw2. the act of searching for food or provisions3. (Military) military a raid or incursionvb4. to search (the countryside or a town) for food, provisions, etc5. (Military) (intr) military to carry out a raid6. (tr) to obtain by searching about7. (tr) to give food or other provisions to8. (Agriculture) (tr) to feed (cattle or horses) with such food[C14: from Old French fourrage, probably of Germanic origin; see food, fodder] ˈforager n

for•age

(ˈfɔr ɪdʒ, ˈfɒr-)

n., v. -aged, -ag•ing. n. 1. food for horses or cattle; fodder; provender. 2. the seeking or obtaining of such food. 3. the act of searching for provisions of any kind. v.i. 4. to wander or go in search of provisions. 5. to search about; seek; rummage; hunt: foraging in the pantry for a bread knife. v.t. 6. to collect forage from; strip of supplies. 7. to supply with forage. 8. to obtain by foraging: to forage berries for a pie. [1275–1325; Middle English < Old French fourrage, derivative of fuerre fodder] for′ag•er, n. syn: See feed.

forage

Past participle: foraged
Gerund: foraging

Imperative
forage
forage

Present
I forage
you forage
he/she/it forages
we forage
you forage
they forage

Preterite
I foraged
you foraged
he/she/it foraged
we foraged
you foraged
they foraged

Present Continuous
I am foraging
you are foraging
he/she/it is foraging
we are foraging
you are foraging
they are foraging

Present Perfect
I have foraged
you have foraged
he/she/it has foraged
we have foraged
you have foraged
they have foraged

Past Continuous
I was foraging
you were foraging
he/she/it was foraging
we were foraging
you were foraging
they were foraging

Past Perfect
I had foraged
you had foraged
he/she/it had foraged
we had foraged
you had foraged
they had foraged

Future
I will forage
you will forage
he/she/it will forage
we will forage
you will forage
they will forage

Future Perfect
I will have foraged
you will have foraged
he/she/it will have foraged
we will have foraged
you will have foraged
they will have foraged

Future Continuous
I will be foraging
you will be foraging
he/she/it will be foraging
we will be foraging
you will be foraging
they will be foraging

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been foraging
you have been foraging
he/she/it has been foraging
we have been foraging
you have been foraging
they have been foraging

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been foraging
you will have been foraging
he/she/it will have been foraging
we will have been foraging
you will have been foraging
they will have been foraging

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been foraging
you had been foraging
he/she/it had been foraging
we had been foraging
you had been foraging
they had been foraging

Conditional
I would forage
you would forage
he/she/it would forage
we would forage
you would forage
they would forage

Past Conditional
I would have foraged
you would have foraged
he/she/it would have foraged
we would have foraged
you would have foraged
they would have foraged

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	forage - bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattleeatage, pasturage, pasture, grassfodder - coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
	2.	forage - the act of searching for food and provisionsforagingsearch, hunting, hunt - the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
Verb	1.	forage - collect or look around for (food)scroungehunt, hunt down, track down, run - pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"rustle - forage food
	2.	forage - wander and feed; "The animals forage in the woods"eat, feed - take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"prey, raven, predate - prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs"

forage

verb1. search, hunt, scavenge, cast about, seek, explore, raid, scour, plunder, look round, rummage, ransack, scrounge (informal), fossick (Austral. & N.Z.) They were forced to forage for clothes and fuel.noun1. (for cattle, etc.) fodder, food, feed, foodstuffs, provender forage needed to feed one cow and its calf

forage

verbTo make a thorough search of:comb, ransack, rummage, scour.Slang: shake down.Idioms: beat the bushes, leave no stone unturned, look high and low, look up and down, turn inside out, turn upside down.

Translations

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forage

(ˈforidʒ) verb (often with about) to search thoroughly. He foraged about in the cupboard; He foraged for food in the cupboard. 搜索 搜索 noun food for horses and cattle. 飼料 饲料