forage

(fôr'ĭj, fŏr'-)
n.

1. Food for domestic animals; fodder.
2. The act of looking or searching for food or provisions.

v., -aged, -ag·ing, -ag·es.

v.intr.

1. To wander in search of food or provisions.
2. To make a raid, as for food: soldiers foraging near an abandoned farm.
3. To conduct a search; rummage.

v.tr.

1. To collect forage from; strip of food or supplies: troops who were foraging the countryside.
2. Informal. To obtain by foraging: foraged a snack from the refrigerator.

[Middle English, from Old French fourrage, from forrer, to forage, from feurre, fodder, of Germanic origin.]

forager for'ag·er n.

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verb

To make a thorough search of: comb, ransack, rummage, scour². Slang shake down. Idioms: beat the bushes, leave no stone unturned, looksearchhigh and low, looksearchup and down, turn inside out, turn upside down. See investigate.

v. obtain food or provisions from (a place).

forager n.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

Plant matter, fresh or preserved, gathered and fed to animals.

Strictly speaking, dried winter feed, usually hay. Used also to include ensilage and even pasture so that the term becomes synonymous with roughage. See also bunk forage.

• f. mites — see trombicula.
• f. poisoning — the forage contains a toxic agent. See food poisoning.

For a list of words related to forage, see:

• Ranching and Animal Husbandry - forage: food eaten by browsing or grazing animal; fodder

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - fouragere, samle føde, rage, plyndre
v. tr. - skaffe føde til, fodre
n. - fourage, foder, fouragering

Nederlands (Dutch)
plundertocht, voeder, doorzoeken, afstropen/ plunderen, bemachtigen, voedsel zoeken, van voer voorzien

Français (French)
v. intr. - (fig) fouiller pour trouver qch
v. tr. - affourager (des animaux)
n. - fourrage, pillage, (faire) provision de

Deutsch (German)
n. - Futter, Nahrungssuche, Beutezug
v. - ausplündern, durchstöbern

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χορτονομή, ζωοτροφές, βοσκή, βόσκηση, χόρτο, (μτφ.) επιδρομή για τρόφιμα ή εφόδια
v. - συλλέγω, δίνω χορτονομή, (μτφ.) αναζητώ, ψάχνω, ψάχνω για τροφή, κάνω επιδρομή για τρόφιμα ή εφόδια

Italiano (Italian)
foraggio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - forragem (f) (tipo de ração), procura (f) (de alimento)
v. - forragear

Русский (Russian)
фуражировать, разыскивать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - forrajearse, ir en busca de provisiones
v. tr. - forrajear, dar forraje a
n. - pillaje, correría, forraje

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - foder åt hästar o boskap, furagering
v. - furagera, leta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
搜寻粮草, 掠夺, 喂, 搜寻, 粮草, 饲料

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 搜尋糧草, 掠奪
v. tr. - 餵, 搜尋, 掠奪
n. - 糧草, 搜尋糧草, 飼料

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 식량을 구하다, 침략하다, 뒤지다
v. tr. - 징발하다, 약탈하다
n. - 사료, 먹이 찾기, 습격

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 飼料, あさること, まぐさ
v. - 食糧をあさる, 捜す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) علف للماشيه (فعل) يجمع العلف , ينهب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮חיפש מזון‬
v. tr. - ‮חיפש, סיפק מזון‬
n. - ‮מזון לסוסים ולבקר, מספוא, חציר, חיפוש מזון‬

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