Definition of Forages. Meaning of Forages. Synonyms of Forages

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Definition of Forages

Forage
Forage For"age (?; 48), n. [OF. fourage, F. fourrage, fr. forre, fuerre, fodder, straw, F. feurre, fr. LL. foderum, fodrum, of German or Scand, origin; cf. OHG. fuotar, G. futter. See Fodder food, and cf. Foray.] 1. The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc. He [the lion] from forage will incline to play. --Shak. One way a band select from forage drives A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine. --Milton. Mawhood completed his forage unmolested. --Marshall. 2. Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats. --Dryden. Forage cap. See under Cap. Forage master (Mil.), a person charged with providing forage and the means of transporting it. --Farrow.
Forage
Forage For"age, v. t. To strip of provisions; to supply with forage; as, to forage steeds. --Pope.

Meaning of Forages from wikipedia

- Foraging is searching for wild food resources. It affects an animal's fitness because it plays an important role in an animal's ability to survive and...
- 2134/agronj2016.01.0001. ISSN 0002-1962. S2CID 88990719. Look up forage in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Media related to Forages at Wikimedia Commons...
- Look up forager or foraging in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A forager is one who forages, i. e., looks for forage. Forager may refer to: A hunter-gatherer...
- A forager is a person who collects edible plants or fungi for consumption. Urban foragers may collect in city parks, private lands, and sidewalks. Urban...
- Information foraging is a theory that applies the ideas from optimal foraging theory to understand how human users search for information. The theory...
- A forage harvester – also known as a silage harvester, forager or chopper – is a farm implement that harvests forage plants to make silage. Silage is gr****...
- Forage fish, also called prey fish or bait fish, are small pelagic fish that feed on planktons (i.e. planktivores) and other small aquatic organisms (e...
- Forager is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The original Forager first appeared in New Gods #9 (August 1972) and...
- Forage cap is the designation given to various types of military undress, fatigue or working headwear. These vary widely in form, according to country...
- The Forage War was a partisan campaign consisting of numerous small skirmishes that took place in New Jersey during the American Revolutionary War between...