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to forage
01
to search for and collect food, typically in natural surroundings such as forests or fields
Intransitive: to forage for food
Examples
The bears foraged for berries in the forest, using their keen sense of smell to locate ripe fruit.
02
to search an area in order to find food or necessary supplies
Transitive: to forage a place
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Movement verb
Regular
Present tense
forage
3rd person singular
forages
Present participle
foraging
Past simple
foraged
Past participle
foraged
Examples
The animals foraged the forest for berries and nuts before the winter arrived.
Forage
01
the act of searching for food and provisions
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Uncountable
02
bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
