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.