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# forage

«forage» in Mova's school dictionary: **To search for food, especially as animals do in the wild** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (forage, forages, foraged, foraging); noun (uncountable: forage)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (verb) To search for food, especially as animals do in the wild. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forage/#m1)

2) (verb) To search around for something: «foraged in his bag for a pen». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forage/#m2)

3) (verb) To gather wild food like berries, mushrooms and herbs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forage/#m3)

4) (noun) Food for horses and cattle, such as grass and hay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forage/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science, animals forage for food: bees forage for nectar, squirrels for nuts. In everyday life, families may forage for blackberries. Safety: never eat wild berries or mushrooms unless an expert adult says they are safe. On farms, forage is animal feed. Phrases: «forage for food», «forage around in», «foraging trip».

### examples

- Bees forage for nectar among the flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forage/#x1)
- The fox foraged in the bins at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forage/#x2)
- We foraged for blackberries along the hedge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forage/#x3)
- She foraged in her pocket for a coin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forage/#x4)
- Never eat wild mushrooms you've foraged without asking an expert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forage/#x5)
- The farmer stored forage for the winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forage/#x6)
- An Ass and a Fox went into partnership and sallied out to forage for food together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forage/#x7)

### note

Regular verb. Pronounced «FOR-ij». Person: forager. Usually followed by «for»: forage for food.

### In the corpora

- [Scattering food in the grass makes gorillas walk and search, which is called foraging, and keeps them busy for longer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «forage» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forage/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.