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
The species doesn’t move inland, depending on coastal habitats and forage to survive. Molly Duerig, Miami Herald, 28 June 2025 Watch your roommate forage in the kitchen like a wild animal. Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 3 June 2025
Noun
That’s what this three-night jaunt uniquely offers, with a chance to forage and to cheer on a team in both the woods of Piedmont and a president’s box in Parma, Emilia-Romagna. Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2025 Cardamom pastries in Finland Renowned for its foraging culture, Finland also has many more culinary dimensions beyond the mushrooms, berries, and herbs that grow wild in the countryside and across vast swaths of its capital, Helsinki. AFAR Media, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for forage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forage
Verb
  • The tribe’s most recent binding pact from 1863, which preexists the federal law that regulates mining of public lands, guarantees its members exclusive use of the area to fish, hunt, gather and graze animals.
    Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The 23-year-old singer paired the vintage designer piece, which barely grazed her hips, with black briefs to avoid any wardrobe malfunctions during the night.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Oaks trees support a wide variety of butterfly and moth caterpillars, which in turn feed birds.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The risk isn’t just that these synthetic hosts clutter the feed.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The hunt begins But the shooter wasn’t in the crowd.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Advertisement The flurry of updates came three days after Robinson was arrested following an intensive hunt for Kirk's killer.
    Richard Hall, Time, 14 Sep. 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
  • Authorities are giving an update on the search for Charlie Kirk’s assassin after detaining a suspect.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The search for Kirk’s assassin entered its third day Friday, with officials releasing new still photos of the person of interest, along with video of the person fleeing the scene after the shooting.
    Filip Timotija, The Hill, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The launch arrangement between Northrop and SpaceX abrogates NASA's preference to maintain two independent means of delivering supplies to the space station.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The old residence no longer had electricity or running water, so supporters brought them supplies.
    Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Much of the attention headed into Election Day was on Tiawana Brown’s quest to keep her seat amid a federal indictment over alleged misuse of COVID-19 relief funds and Marjorie Molina’s heated primary campaign.
    Mary Ramsey Updated September 9, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The quests in the other two books are there to give players more gold and magic items to buff up their characters.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Forage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forage. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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