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   forage

   /ˈfɒrɪdʒ/

   verb

   • 1. (of a person or animal) search widely for food or provisions: "the birds forage for aquatic invertebrates, insects, and seeds"
   • ▪ obtain (food or provisions) by searching: "a girl foraging grass for oxen"
   • ▪ search (a place) so as to obtain food: "units that were foraging a particular area"
   • ▪ supply with food.

   noun

   • 1. food such as grass or hay for horses and cattle; fodder. Similar fodderfeedfoodfoodstuffherbagepasturagesilagehaystrawformal:comestiblesprovender
   • 2. a wide search over an area in order to obtain something, especially food or provisions. Similar scavengehuntsearchlookexplorationquestscoutprobe

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French fourrage (noun), fourrager (verb), from fuerre ‘straw’, of Germanic origin and related to fodder.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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