forage
verb
[ ˈfɒrɪdʒ ]
• (of a person or animal) search widely for food or provisions.
• "the birds forage for aquatic invertebrates, insects, and seeds"
forage
noun
• food such as grass or hay for horses and cattle; fodder.
Similar:
fodder,
feed,
food,
foodstuff,
herbage,
pasturage,
silage,
hay,
straw,
comestibles,
provender,
• a wide search over an area in order to obtain something, especially food or provisions.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French fourrage (noun), fourrager (verb), from fuerre ‘straw’, of Germanic origin and related to fodder.
