forage

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

forages

1.
(countable, uncountable)Fodder for animals, especially cattle and horses.
2.
(countable, uncountable)An act or instance of foraging.
3.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The demand for fodder, etc., by an army from the local population.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

forages

V_ing/Gerund

foraging

V_ed/pp

foraged

1.
To search for and gather food for animals, particularly cattle and horses.
2.
To rampage through, gathering and destroying as one goes.
3.
To rummage.
4.
Of an animal: to seek out and eat food.

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Cùng gốc / liên quan

foray

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English forage, from Old French fourage, forage, a derivative of fuerre (fodder, straw), from *fōdar (fodder, sheath), from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (fodder, feed, sheath), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (to protect, to feed).