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for·age (fôrij, fär-)

noun

  1. food for domestic animals; fodder
  2. a search for food or provisions

Etymology: ME < OFr fourage < forre, fuerre, fodder < Frank *fodr, food, akin to OE fodor, fodder

intransitive verb -·aged, -·ag·ing

  1. to search for food or provisions
  2. to search for what one needs or wants

Etymology: Fr fourrager < the n.

transitive verb

    1. to get or take food or provisions from
    2. Now Rare to ravage; plunder
  1. to provide with forage; feed
  2. to get by foraging

forage Related Forms
for·ager noun
forage Synonyms

forage

v.

forage Usage Examples

Object

  • ant: Broadcast spraying around the perimeter of the house targets only the foraging adult ants in the colony.
  • ecology: I did my PhD on foraging ecology of forest birds at Kossuth University ( Hungary ).
  • habitat: They seem able to identify suitable foraging habitats from about 100m away.
  • behavior: To what extent is the foraging behavior of aquatic birds constrained by their physiology?
  • expedition: During foraging expeditions, they can trot up to 50 kilometers in one night.
  • bat: The area is also likely to be used by foraging bats, which may be affected by increased lighting.

Converse of object

  • harvest: The long grasses around the upper car park have also been forage harvested.

Preposition: on

  • enemy: Hence a wise general makes a point of foraging on the enemy.

Modifies a noun

  • harvester: A forage harvester can be used on a large site, or a mower with grass box on a small site.
  • legume: The forage legumes, key to producing soil fertility, are particularly well utilized by the cattle.
  • maize: Area of forage maize hectares Correct manuring Correct manuring is vital to the success of the crop.
  • soybean: Development of forage soybeans ( Glycine max ) as a new protein rich crop for livestock production in the UK.
  • cap: The first ' pill box ' forage cap was quite plain, with no braid or chin strap.
  • crop: For many farmers in the region, forage crops are a new venture.

Noun used with modifier

  • fore-and-aft: Standing: Fore-and-aft forage cap, mono, sub-machine gun.

Preposition: in

  • canopy: Further views of Chapin's Apalis were had as a group of three foraged high up in the canopy.

Preposition: with

  • flock: Yellow-breasted Antwren Herpsilochmus axillaris Great views of a pair as they foraged with a large mixed flock along the Manu road below CORL.

Preposition: for

  • nectar: Then it starts to follow the dances of foragers and to go out and forage for nectar and pollen itself.
  • insect: A regular visitor to gardens particularly at night where they forage for insects, worms and slugs.
  • food: Teams of green dotted ants forage outward for food.

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