Hypertext Webster Gateway: "forage"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Forage \For"age\ (?; 48), n. [OF. fourage, F. fourrage, fr.
forre, fuerre, fodder, straw, F. feurre, fr. LL. foderum,
fodrum, of German or Scand, origin; cf. OHG. fuotar, G.
futter. See {Fodder} food, and cf. {Foray}.]
1. The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.
He [the lion] from forage will incline to play.
--Shak.
One way a band select from forage drives A herd of
beeves, fair oxen and fair kine. --Milton.
Mawhood completed his forage unmolested. --Marshall.
2. Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and
cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats. --Dryden.
{Forage cap}. See under {Cap}.
{Forage master} (Mil.), a person charged with providing
forage and the means of transporting it. --Farrow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Forage \For"age\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Foraged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Foraging}.]
To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp.
forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the
country; to ravage; to feed on spoil.
His most mighty father on a hill Stood smiling to
behold his lion's whelp Forage in blood of French
nobility. --Shak.
{Foraging ant} (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of ants of
the genus {Eciton}, very abundant in tropical America,
remarkable for marching in vast armies in search of food.
{Foraging cap}, a forage cap.
{Foraging party}, a party sent out after forage.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Forage \For"age\, v. t.
To strip of provisions; to supply with forage; as, to forage
steeds. --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
forage
n 1: animal food for browsing or grazing [syn: {eatage}, {pasture},
{pasturage}, {grass}]
2: the act of searching for food and provisions [syn: {foraging}]
v 1: collect or look around for (food) [syn: {scrounge}]
2: wander and feed; of animals
3: hunt for food or provisions
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