American English pronunciation
How to pronounce forage
IPA transcription: ['fɔɹɪdʒ]
Pronunciation variants: ['fɔɹɪdʒ]['fɚɪdʒ]
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Noun
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bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
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the act of searching for food and provisions
Verb
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collect or look around for (food)
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wander and feed
“The animals forage in the woods”
Usage examples
- They forage in open areas, often nearby cattle in pastures.
- These birds forage by probing in shallow water or on wet mud.
- Treecreepers forage on the trunks of large trees.
- Worker bees forage and queens lay eggs almost year-round.
- The group includes many of the most important forage and food fish.
- Females ambush predators while males forage actively.
- Available seasonally, fiddleheads are both foraged and commercially harvested in spring.
- It is also an important forage crop species in Australia.
- The northern waterthrush prefers stagnant, swampy waters and is generally a more terrestrial forager.
- Strong legs and feet allows it to hang upside down to forage.