forage
To search for and gather food for animals, particularly cattle and horsesTo search for and gather food for animals, particularly cattle and horses.
» Forage crops like clover and alfalfa could be planted.
Meaning
4 sensesTo search for and gather food for animals, particularly cattle and horses.
fouragieren
фуражи́роватьfuražírovatʹ
To rampage through, gathering and destroying as one goes.
To rummage.
herumsuchen
Of an animal: to seek out and eat food.
- wander and feed
- collect or look around for (food)
Examples
18 sentencesForage crops like clover and alfalfa could be planted.
Farmers mow the grass to forage.
deBauern mähen das Gras, um Futter zu machen.
Ziri foraged some strawberry tree fruits.
We forage for food every day.
Tom and Mary foraged through the forest.
deTom und Mary sammelten im Wald.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English forage, from Old French fourage, forage, a derivative of fuerre (“foddFrom Middle English forage, from Old French fourage, forage, a derivative of fuerre (“fodder, straw”), from Frankish *fōdar (“fodder, sheath”), from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“fodder, feed, sheath”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect, to feed”).
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Forms
forages, foraging, foraged, foragedSynonyms
1 synonyms- collect or look around for (food):scrounge
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle