Thesaurus: forage

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1. n. The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.
2. n. Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats.
3. v. i. 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.
4. v. t. To strip of provisions; to supply with forage; as, to forage steeds.
5. n. bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
6. n. the act of searching for food and provisions
7. v. collect or look around for (food)
8. v. wander and feed
9. 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'swhelp Forage in blood of French nobility. Shak.Foraging ant (Zoöl.), one of several species of ants of the genusEciton, very abundant in tropical America, remarkable for marching invast armies in search of food.-- Foraging cap, a forage cap.-- Foraging party, a party sent out after forage.