Definitions for forage
ˈfɔr ɪdʒ, ˈfɒr-for·age

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. eatage, forage, pasture, pasturage, grassnoun

   bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle

2. foraging, forageverb

   the act of searching for food and provisions

3. scrounge, forageverb

   collect or look around for (food)

4. forageverb

   wander and feed

   "The animals forage in the woods"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. foragenoun

   Fodder for animals, especially cattle and horses.

2. foragenoun

   An act or instance of foraging.

3. forageverb

   To search for and gather food for animals, particularly cattle and horses.

4. forageverb

   To rampage through, gathering and destroying as one goes.

5. forageverb

   To rummage.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FORAGEnoun

   Etymology: fourage, German and French, from foris, Latin.

   1. Search of provisions; the act of feeding abroad.

   One way a band select from forage drives
   A herd of beeves, fair oxen, and fair kine,
   From a fat meadow ground; or fleecy flock,
   Ewes, and their bleating lambs, over the plains
   Their booty. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. xi.

   2. Provisions sought abroad.

   Some o’er the publick magazines preside,
   And some are sent new forage to provide. John Dryden, Georg.

   3. Provisions in general.

   Provided forage, our spent arms renew’d. John Dryden, Fables.

2. To Forageverb

   To plunder; to strip; to spoil.

   They will both strengthen all the country round, and also be as continual holds for her majesty, if the people should revolt; for without such it is easy to forage and over-run the whole land. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

3. To Forageverb

   Etymology: from foris, abroad, Latin.

   1. To wander far; to rove at a distance.

   Forage, and run
   To meet displeasure farther from the doors,
   And grapple with him, ere he come so nigh. William Shakespeare, K. John.

   2. To wander in search of spoil, generally of provisions.

   As in a stormy night,
   Wolves, urged by their raging appetite,
   Forage for prey. John Denham.

   There was a brood of young larks in the corn, and the dam went abroad to forage for them. Roger L'Estrange, Fables.

   Nor dare they stray
   When rain is promis’d, or a stormy day;
   But near the city walls their wat’ring take,
   Nor forage far, but short excursions make. John Dryden, Virgil.

   3. 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. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Forage

   Forage is a plant material (mainly plant leaves and stems) eaten by grazing livestock. Historically, the term forage has meant only plants eaten by the animals directly as pasture, crop residue, or immature cereal crops, but it is also used more loosely to include similar plants cut for fodder and carried to the animals, especially as hay or silage.While the term forage has a broad definition, the term forage crop is used to define crops, annual or biennial, which are grown to be utilized by grazing or harvesting as a whole crop.

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1. forage

   Forage is the act of searching for food or provisions, typically performed by animals. It can also refer to the food resources such as grass or hay that grazing animals eat or the act of feeding off these plants. In a broader context, foraging can be used to describe any searches or exploration done in order to find required resources or supplies.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Foragenoun

   the act of foraging; search for provisions, etc

2. Foragenoun

   food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats

3. Forageverb

   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. Forageverb

   to strip of provisions; to supply with forage; as, to forage steeds

5. Etymology: [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.]

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1. Forage

   For bees, their forage or food supply consists of nectar and pollen from blooming plants within flight range. The forage sources for honey bees are an important consideration for beekeepers. In order to determine where to locate hives for maximum honey production and brood one must consider the off-season. If there are no honey flows the bees may have to be fed. Bees that are used for pollination are usually fed in the holding yards. Forage is also significant for pollination management with other bee species. Nectar contains sugars that are the primary source of energy for the bees' wing muscles and for heat for honey bee colonies for winter. Pollen provides the protein and trace minerals that are mostly fed to the brood in order to replace bees lost in the normal course of life cycle and colony activity. As a rule of thumb the foraging area around a beehive extends for two miles, although bees have been observed foraging twice and three times this distance from the hive. Experiments have shown that beehives within 4 miles of a food source will gain weight, but beyond that the energy expended is greater than that gained during the foraging flight. Foraging at extreme distances wears out the wings of individual bees, reduces the life expectancy of foraging bees and therefore the efficiency of the colony. The minimum temperature for active honeybee foraging is approximately 55 °F. Full foraging activity is not achieved until the temperature rises to 66 °F. There are small differences in the races of the Western honey bees at what temperature they will start foraging.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Forage

   for′aj, n. fodder, or food for horses and cattle: provisions: the act of foraging.—v.i. to go about and forcibly carry off food for horses and cattle, as soldiers.—v.t. to plunder.—ns. For′age-cap, the undress cap worn by infantry soldiers; For′ager. [Fr. fourrage, O. Fr. feurre, fodder, of Teut. origin.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. forage

   Food for horses and cattle belonging to an army. Also, the act of a military force in collecting or searching for such forage, or for subsistence or stores for the men; or, with ill-disciplined troops, for valuables in general. Land-piracy.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. forage

   The hay, corn, fodder, and oats required for the subsistence of the animals in the army. The allowance of forage in the U. S. army is fixed by regulations at 14 pounds of hay and 12 of grain to each horse, and 14 pounds of hay and 9 of grain to each mule in the public service. Generals, field-officers, staff-officers, and cavalry officers receive forage for a certain number of private horses while actually kept in service.

2. forage

   To collect supplies both for man and beast, from an enemy by force, from friends by impressment, but giving to friends receipts, to be paid ultimately.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of forage in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of forage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of forage in a Sentence

1. Eline Lorenzen:

   We can just say that this carbon signature is quite like that ofwalrusand bearded seals, both of which forage at the bottom of the sea.

2. Erick Arnoldson:

   The technology that goes into Livingston Lures is cutting edge, but our concept is simple. We are using advanced digital circuitry to produce a lure that mimics real forage species not only in the way that it swims and looks, but in the way that it sounds as well.

3. Divas Matinyadze:

   As beekeepers we jealously look after the environment because beekeeping depends on good water sources and good forage for pollen, there are lots of trees where my beehives are.

4. Shailene Woodley:

   I think everything about my lifestyle is fairly alternative. I gather my own spring water from mountains every month. I go to a farm to get my food. I make everything from my own toothpaste to my own body lotions and face oils, i could go on for hours. I make my own medicines ; I do n’t get those from doctors. I make my own cheese and forage wild foods and identify wild plants. It’s an entire lifestyle. It’s appealing to my soul.

5. Erica Fuller:

   Were approaching a tipping point where we need to be careful not to lose all of our forage species at the same time.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=forage
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Forage
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=forage
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forage
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forage
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=forage
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=forage
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=forage
10. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html