forage

«forage» in Mova's school dictionary: To search for food, especially as animals do in the wild — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (forage, forages, foraged, foraging); noun (uncountable: forage)

meaning for a pupil

1) (verb) To search for food, especially as animals do in the wild. tree →

2) (verb) To search around for something: «foraged in his bag for a pen». tree →

3) (verb) To gather wild food like berries, mushrooms and herbs. tree →

4) (noun) Food for horses and cattle, such as grass and hay. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, animals forage for food: bees forage for nectar, squirrels for nuts. In everyday life, families may forage for blackberries. Safety: never eat wild berries or mushrooms unless an expert adult says they are safe. On farms, forage is animal feed. Phrases: «forage for food», «forage around in», «foraging trip».

examples

• Bees forage for nectar among the flowers. tree →
• The fox foraged in the bins at night. tree →
• We foraged for blackberries along the hedge. tree →
• She foraged in her pocket for a coin. tree →
• Never eat wild mushrooms you've foraged without asking an expert. tree →
• The farmer stored forage for the winter. tree →
• An Ass and a Fox went into partnership and sallied out to forage for food together. tree →

note

Regular verb. Pronounced «FOR-ij». Person: forager. Usually followed by «for»: forage for food.

In the corpora

• Scattering food in the grass makes gorillas walk and search, which is called foraging, and keeps them busy for longer.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «forage» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.