From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
From [en], from [en], [fro], a derivative of [fro], from [en], from [en],
ultimately from [en].
Cognate with [goh] ([de]), [ang], [ang], [nl], [da], [is]. More at [en],
[en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[~]
1. Fodder for animals, especially cattle and horses.
2. * [chapter= ? (see http://books.google.com/books?id=ldIRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA410&dq=forage) ]
3. * [4]
4. An act or instance of foraging.
5. * [IV]
6. * {{ RQ:Marshall GW
|passage=Mawhood completed his FORAGE unmolested.}}
1. * {{ quote-journal | en | year=1860 | month=September | title=A Chapter on Rats | journal=w:The Knickerbocker | volume=56 | number=3 | pageurl=http://google.com/books?id=1k3QAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA304&dq=forages | page=304
|passage=‘My dears,’ he discourses to them — how he licks his gums, long
toothless, as he speaks of his FORAGES into the well-stored cellars: [...]}}
1. [en] The demand for fodder etc by an army from the local population
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|forage cap |foragemaster |forage radish |hyperforage }}
**** Related terms
- [en]
**** Translations
[fodder for animals]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl] , [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Norman: [nrf] [Jersey]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Turkish: [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[act or instance of foraging]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] ; [fi] ; [fi]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
**** Further reading
- [Forage]
- [Forage]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. To search for and gather food for animals, particularly cattle and horses.
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1841 | author=w:James Fenimore Cooper | title=The Deerslayer | chapter=8
|passage=The message said that the party intended to hunt and FORAGE through
this region, for a month or two, afore it went back into the Canadas.}}
1. To rampage through, gathering and destroying as one goes.
2. * [1]
3. To rummage .
4. * [chapter=The Cabin of the ‘Flying Scud’]
5. Of an animal: to seek out and eat food.
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|forageable |foragement |forager |unforaged }}
**** Translations
[to search for and gather food for animals]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Maori: [mi]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[to rampage through]
- Finnish: [fi] ; [fi]
- French: [fr]
[trans-bottom]
[to rummage]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de]
- Maori: [mi]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Greek: [el]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Latin: [la]
- Mandarin: [cmn] , [cmn]
[trans-bottom]
[en]
** French
*** Etymology
From [fr].
*** Pronunciation
- [fr-IPA]
- [fr]
- [fr]
*** Noun
[m]
1. drilling [act of drilling]
**** Derived terms
{{col3|fr |plate-forme de forage |plateforme de forage |tour de forage }}
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
** Middle English
*** Alternative forms
- [enm]
*** Etymology
Borrowed from [enm]; the first element is cognate to [enm].
*** Pronunciation
- [enm]
*** Noun
[-]
1. [en] [especially dry]
**** Descendants
- [en]
**** References
- [entry=fō̆rāǧe ]
[enm]