forage
forage · forages · foraged · foraging
фуражировать
herumsuchen, fouragieren
To search for and gather food for animals, particularly cattle and horsesTo search for and gather food for animals, particularly cattle and horses.
UK/ˈfɒɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/US/ˈfoɹɪd͡ʒ/
» Forage crops like clover and alfalfa could be planted.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
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.
More definitions
- wander and feed
- collect or look around for (food)
Examples
18 sentencesTranslations
5 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
to search for and gather food for animals:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to search for and gather food for animals:
to rummage:
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 synonymsClose in meaning
- collect or look around for (food):scrounge
Word family
5 related wordsRelatedforaging
Lessons 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