forage 1 of 2

as in to graze
to feed on grass or herbs cows foraging in the pasture

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forage

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noun

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Recent Examples of forage
Verb
Go crabbing, clamming, hiking, or mushroom foraging with a guide, head out for a fat-tire bike ride, or enjoy a beach bonfire, already set up for you, for the coziest way to end a day on the coast. Molly Allen, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2025 Many encounters have occurred in towns and villages where the animals forage for food, sometimes entering homes, and on at least two occasions, supermarkets. Reuters, NBC news, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
Mushrooms are also very popular and many forage morels, chanterelles and oyster mushrooms. Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 19 Sep. 2025 Maybe more light means birds have more time to forage, resulting in more food to nourish offspring, says Pease. Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for forage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forage
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  • This name is derived from the notion – which has not yet been proved – that cows which graze on plants in this genus give copious quantities of milk.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The man was identified as Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, who told investigators one of the bullets grazed his neck, per the outlet.
    Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Caracas may be hoping to secure long-range reconnaissance drones, which would likely need to be linked up to satellites to have usable live feeds, or be lusting after one-way attack drones.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Scrolling social feeds reveals a relentless parade of fireplace mantels draped in plaid and velvet, clusters of vintage nutcrackers beneath dark-wood shelves, and tablescapes positively roaring with holiday maximalism.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Badlands is set in the future on a remote alien planet, where Dek, a young Predator (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi), outcast from his clan and desperate to prove himself with his first official hunt, finds an unlikely ally in a robot named Thia (Elle Fanning).
    Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Another is to acquaint yourself with the courage and good-heartedness of those who are making it now, and who will one day lead us out to pasture.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Hence their motivation to send Powell out to pasture—save billions in interest payments and take control of the bond market.
    Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • Water trucks roll past bunkers stacked with silage.
    Elly Fishman, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The lighter roughage and silage flies farther than the grain does, leaving the cow with a pile of the tastier stuff as the rest gets tossed out of reach.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Electric vehicles have accelerated the search for more efficient and affordable ways to power next-generation transport.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2025
  • During the search for Kenney, Charleston police deployed multiple resources, including K9 units, an underwater recovery team, the police’s unmanned aerial system team and harbor patrol.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
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  • Kyiv has persistently targeted various types of sites linked to Moscow's military industry, from fuel depots to refineries funding its war effort to chemical factories grinding out supplies for ammunition.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The essentials – groceries and household supplies – remain the sole bright spots in consumer budgets.
    Paulina Likos, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • This quest for self-reliance is not just about economics but explicitly tied to national security.
    Shaoyu Yuan, The Conversation, 5 Nov. 2025
  • As her mother’s failing health threatens the life of her unborn child, Ofelia undertakes a quest to complete the Faun’s tasks.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025

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“Forage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forage. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.

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