Forage — Defs

01 n. The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.

1.
The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.
“He [the lion] from forage will incline to play.” — Shak.

“One way a band select from forage drives A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine.” — Milton.

“Mawhood completed his forage unmolested.” — Marshall.
2.
Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats.

Phrases & compounds

Forage cap — See under Cap.

Forage master — a person charged with providing forage and the means of transporting it.

02 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;…

imp. & p. p. Foraged; p. pr. & vb. n. Foraging

1.
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's whelp Forage in blood of French nobility.” — Shak.

Phrases & compounds

Foraging ant — one of several species of ants of the genus Eciton, very abundant in tropical America, remarkable for marching in vast armies in search of food.

Foraging cap — a forage cap.

Foraging party — a party sent out after forage.

03 v. t. To strip of provisions; to supply with forage; as, to forage steeds.

1.
To strip of provisions; to supply with forage; as, to forage steeds.