forage
forage Lexical Profile
forage Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To wander or search widely in order to obtain wild food, provisions, or supplies.
"In autumn, black bears forage extensively for acorns and berries to build up fat reserves before hibernation."
To gather or obtain food or supplies from an area by searching or raiding.
"Local chefs often forage wild chanterelles and ramps from the damp woodland floor in early spring."
• noun
Bulky plant material, such as grass, hay, or silage, consumed as food by grazing livestock and wild herbivores.
"The rancher stockpiled extra bales of dry forage to sustain the cattle through the harsh winter months."
A wide-ranging search for food, provisions, or needed supplies.
"After a brief forage through the pantry, she found enough ingredients to prepare a simple pasta dinner."
• Rhymes for forage
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in Middle English from Old French fourrage ('fodder, foraging'), derived from fuerre ('straw, hay'), which is of Germanic origin and related to the English word fodder.