forage

English Thesaurus

1. the act of searching for food and provisions (noun.act)

hypernym	:	hunt, hunting, search,
definition	:	the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone (noun.act)

2. bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle (noun.food)

hypernym	:	fodder,
definition	:	coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop (noun.food)

3. wander and feed (verb.consumption)

hypernym	:	eat, feed,
definition	:	take in food; used of animals only (verb.consumption)

hyponym	:	predate, prey, raven,
definition	:	prey on or hunt for (verb.consumption)

4. collect or look around for (food) (verb.possession)

hypernym	:	hunt, hunt down, run, track down,
definition	:	pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) (verb.competition)

hyponym	:	rustle,
definition	:	forage food (verb.possession)

5. the act of searching for food and provisions (noun.act)

derivation	:	forage, scrounge,
definition	:	collect or look around for (food) (verb.possession)

6. bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle (noun.food)

derivation	:	forage,
definition	:	wander and feed (verb.consumption)

derivation	:	browse, crop, graze, pasture, range,
definition	:	feed as in a meadow or pasture (verb.contact)

derivation	:	crop, graze, pasture,
definition	:	let feed in a field or pasture or meadow (verb.contact)

7. wander and feed (verb.consumption)

derivation	:	eatage, forage, grass, pasturage, pasture,
definition	:	bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle (noun.food)

8. collect or look around for (food) (verb.possession)

derivation	:	forage, foraging,
definition	:	the act of searching for food and provisions (noun.act)

derivation	:	cadger, mooch, moocher, scrounger,
definition	:	someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free) (noun.person)

9. the act of searching for food and provisions (noun.act)

derivation	:	forage, scrounge,
definition	:	collect or look around for (food) (verb.possession)

10. bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle (noun.food)

derivation	:	forage,
definition	:	wander and feed (verb.consumption)

derivation	:	browse, crop, graze, pasture, range,
definition	:	feed as in a meadow or pasture (verb.contact)

derivation	:	crop, graze, pasture,
definition	:	let feed in a field or pasture or meadow (verb.contact)

11. wander and feed (verb.consumption)

derivation	:	eatage, forage, grass, pasturage, pasture,
definition	:	bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle (noun.food)

12. collect or look around for (food) (verb.possession)

derivation	:	forage, foraging,
definition	:	the act of searching for food and provisions (noun.act)

derivation	:	cadger, mooch, moocher, scrounger,
definition	:	someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free) (noun.person)