FORAGE

I. noun see: food Date: 14th century food for animals especially when taken by browsing or grazing, the act of foraging ; search for provisions, II. verb (~d; foraging) Date: 15th century transitive verb to strip of provisions ; collect ~ from, to secure by foraging , intransitive verb to wander in search of ~ or food, to secure ~ (as for horses) by stripping the country, ravage , raid , to make a search ; rummage , ~r noun