for|age

for|age: for|age «FR ihj, FOR-», noun, verb, -aged, -ag|ing.

–n.

1. hay, grain, or other food for horses, cattle, or other domestic animals; fodder: »Forage for the cattle is in the hayloft.
SYNONYM(S): provender.

2. a hunting or searching for food or provisions.

–v.i.

1. to hunt or search for food: »Rabbits forage in our garden.

2. to search about; hunt; rummage: »The boys foraged for old metal.

3. to make a raid.

–v.t.

1. to supply with food; feed.

2. to get by hunting or searching about; root out.

3. to get or take food from.

4. to plunder; ravage: »The soldiers foraged nearby villages.

╂[< Old French fourage < fuerre fodder < unrecorded Frankish fōdr food]

–for´ag|er, noun.

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