forage
To search for and gather food for animals, particularly cattle and horsesTo search for and gather food for animals, particularly cattle and horses.
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» Forage crops like clover and alfalfa could be planted.
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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 sentencesTranslations
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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.