forage

🇺🇸 /ˈfɔːrɪdʒ/ 🇬🇧 /ˈfɒrɪdʒ/
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intransitive verb
R

to search for food by looking around

In autumn, bears forage for food to prepare for winter.

R

to search for something by feeling around

I was foraging in the kitchen for snacks.

noun
R

food given to animals like horses and cows

We need to store plenty of forage for the animals for winter.

translation

vi. to search for food by looking around; to search for something by feeling around
n. food given to animals like horses and cows

Word Forms

3rd Present forages
Past foraged
Perfect foraged
Progressive foraging
Plural forages