forage
Fodder for animals, especially cattle and horsesFodder for animals, especially cattle and horses.
» Forage crops like clover and alfalfa could be planted.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Fodder for animals, especially cattle and horses.
Fourage, Viehfutter, Pferdefutter
фура́жfuráž, кормkorm
bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
(countable, uncountable)An act or instance of foraging.
кормле́ниеkormlénije
the act of searching for food and provisions
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The demand for fodder, etc., by an army from the local population.
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. — Yorwba
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. — Augustus
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
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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
plural: foragesSynonyms
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5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable