forage

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English forage, from Old French fourage, forage, a derivative of fuerre (“fodder, straw”), from Frankish *fōdar (“fodder, sheath”), from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“fodder, feed, sheath”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect, to feed”). Cognate with Old High German fuotar (German Futter (“fodder, feed”)), Old English fōdor, fōþer (“food, fodder, covering, case, basket”), Dutch voeder (“forage, food, feed”), Danish foder (“fodder, feed”), Icelandic fóðr (“fodder, sheath”). More at fodder, food. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɒɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfoɹɪd͡ʒ/, [ˈfo̞ɹɪd͡ʒ] (New York City, Philadelphia, Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈfɑɹɪd͡ʒ/ Rhymes: -ɒɹɪdʒ === Noun === forage (countable and uncountable, plural forages) Fodder for animals, especially cattle and horses. An act or instance of foraging. (obsolete) The demand for fodder etc by an army from the local population. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== foray ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== Forage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Forage in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) === Verb === forage (third-person singular simple present forages, present participle foraging, simple past and past participle foraged) To search for and gather food for animals, particularly cattle and horses. To rampage through, gathering and destroying as one goes. To rummage. Of an animal: to seek out and eat food. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === From forer +‎ -age. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɔ.ʁaʒ/ === Noun === forage m (plural forages) drilling (act of drilling) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “forage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Alternative forms === fforage === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French fourage; the first element is cognate to fodder. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɔːˈraːdʒ(ə)/, /fɔˈraːdʒ(ə)/ === Noun === forage (uncountable) forage (especially dry) ==== Descendants ==== English: forage ==== References ==== “fō̆rāǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 17 October 2018.