forage 1 of 2

verb

Definition of foragenext
as in to graze
to feed on grass or herbs cows foraging in the pasture

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forage

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noun

1
as in feed

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as in hunt

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Recent Examples of forage
Verb
Where to forage for morels Most hunters keep their favorite foraging spots a secret, according to the Missouri Department on Conservation. — Rhiannon Saegert, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2025 If your garden consists entirely of fruit trees, however, then chickens could roam free and forage for the larvae of those bothersome fig beetles, which have become an increasingly annoying pest in recent years. — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
The property’s food and beverage team forage for many of their ingredients. — Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025 More stubby forage fish, some native, others not. — Charlie Cordero, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for forage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forage
  1. graze
  2. feed
  3. hunt
  4. pasture
  5. silage
  6. search
  7. quest
  8. fodder
Verb
  • The stepbrother was shot in the leg while the father’s arm was grazed.
    — Liam Quinn, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Trump and his campaign also shared relatively little information about his recovery or any lingering health effects after he was grazed by an assassin’s bullet in July 2024.
    — Brett Samuels, The Hill, 13 Apr. 2025
Definition of graze
Noun
  • The score was hardly indicative of the game, as Dallas was inches away from tying the game 2-2 late in the third period before Devon Toews crashed the net and put in a Josh Manson feed.
    — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Enhanced bank feeds and time tracking functionalities streamline reconciliation and payroll preparation.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Definition of feed
Noun
  • Sunday, April 20 Easter egg hunt: Families can have a fun and festive Easter with an egg hunt and photos with the Easter bunny at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 20 at the Poway Library, 13137 Poway Road.
    — Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2025
  • See Queen Elizabeth, Prince Harry, Kate Middleton and More The Prince and Princess of Wales once shared that their children previously celebrated Easter with a kid-favorite tradition: an egg hunt!
    — Stephanie Petit, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Definition of hunt
Verb
  • But, having the right formula for long-term success remains elusive for many, with Canoo, Fisker and Nikola all put out to pasture with bankruptcy filings.
    — Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Grab a brush and head out to pasture to meet cows like the affable Ellie, a 5-year-old Highland who loves the limelight, and Bonnie, the independent matriarch.
    — Chrissy Suttles, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of pasture
Noun
  • The feed is a mix of roughage (hay), silage (grass), and grain.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The lighter roughage and silage flies farther than the grain does, leaving the cow with a pile of the tastier stuff as the rest gets tossed out of reach.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 1 Apr. 2025
Definition of silage
Noun
  • Strasburg said further developments about the search would be posted on X. USA TODAY reached out to the Coast Guard on Monday for an update.
    — Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The board, composed of community members and Sacramento State representatives, had discussions in early 2023 about the search.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Definition of search
Noun
  • Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian writer whose novels spoke of the human quest for freedom and won him the Nobel Prize for literature in 2010, was once a frequent visitor to Lima’s Café Haiti in the upscale Miraflores neighborhood.
    — Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Maxine Peake anchors the entire episode on a physical and emotional level, bringing an equal amount of resolve and terror to her character’s quest to evade a murderous robotic guard dog.
    — Steve Greene, IndieWire, 12 Apr. 2025
Definition of quest
Noun
  • Everything else, from the tornado that rips through town to the bitter rivalry between Staten and his former brother-in-law Davis (Eoin Macken), is just so much fodder for make-outs or break-ups.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The death of George Floyd and issues around race were also very fodder for this series too.
    — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Definition of fodder

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