Forage
verb
To search widely for food or provisions.
During the harsh winter, the animals had to forage for food.
Often appears as...
- forage for food
- forage for provisions
noun
Food for horses or cattle.
The horse was munching on its forage contentedly.
Often appears as...
- forage crops
- forage plants
verb
To strip a place of food or supplies by raiding.
The soldiers foraged the nearby village, leaving the inhabitants with nothing.
Often appears as...
- forage a village
- forage a place
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To search widely for food or provisions.
During the harsh winter, the animals had to forage for food.
Often appears as...
- forage for food
- forage for provisions
noun
Food for horses or cattle.
The horse was munching on its forage contentedly.
Often appears as...
- forage crops
- forage plants
verb
To strip a place of food or supplies by raiding.
The soldiers foraged the nearby village, leaving the inhabitants with nothing.
Often appears as...
- forage a village
- forage a place
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Survival Instinct
Used to describe the instinctual behavior in animals and humans to find sustenance.
Stranded in the woods, he foraged for berries and nuts.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Food
'Forage' can also mean searching for anything necessary, like supplies or information.
She foraged through the library for historical records.
Pro Tip 3/3Wilderness Context
Often used when referring to surviving in the wild or in non-urban areas.
The campers foraged for firewood in the forest.
Pro Tip 1/3Survival Instinct
Used to describe the instinctual behavior in animals and humans to find sustenance.
Stranded in the woods, he foraged for berries and nuts.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Food
'Forage' can also mean searching for anything necessary, like supplies or information.
She foraged through the library for historical records.
Pro Tip 3/3Wilderness Context
Often used when referring to surviving in the wild or in non-urban areas.
The campers foraged for firewood in the forest.
Pro Tip 1/3Survival Instinct
Used to describe the instinctual behavior in animals and humans to find sustenance.
Stranded in the woods, he foraged for berries and nuts.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Food
'Forage' can also mean searching for anything necessary, like supplies or information.
She foraged through the library for historical records.
Pro Tip 3/3Wilderness Context
Often used when referring to surviving in the wild or in non-urban areas.
The campers foraged for firewood in the forest.
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Float Like a Butterfly…...
Where those animals are hiding or even underneath stones. But, you know, there is one species of octopus, the big blue octopus. That likes to collaborate with other species when it goes foraging. Collaboration feeding is really important throughout the animal kingdom.
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The surprising decline...
which is our best source of evidence about this way of life, has shown a rather different conclusion. Here is a graph that he put together, showing the percentage of male deaths due to warfare in a number of foraging or hunting and gathering societies.
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Top 5 Animal Adaptations...
foraging so we're gonna let this one go now millipedes are amongst the most diverse group of arthropods in the world being one of the earliest animals to walk on land as a result of having poor eyesight they communicate through touch
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How can we help bee...
reach it but pollution can negatively affect their ability to forage so by planting patches of flowers instead of individual ones we can help ensure that bees can find their food on the way to
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Beautiful Butterfly...
the caterpillar mimics the sound and smell of the ants own young and mistaken for a mislaid ant lava is taken back to the nest by the foraging ant workers but it doesn't repay the favor once
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The world’s most painful...
Welcome to It Hurts! One of these creatures is thought to possess the world’s most painful insect sting. If you were to guess, would it the ant that forages in rainforest canopies?
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
fate as their quarry the creatures that have collapsed from heatstroke too deeply buried but it would place to cool off foraging decisions must be fast to
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Drunk Monkeys PIPE National...
foraging for more food next meal the bone the catch with their distinctively long tails aren't afraid to raid homes
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Ants Use Grubs as Glue...
trees mr boonchu helps the ants get to new foraging grounds expanding their empire and protecting his orchard
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Antlion Cone Death Trap...
Too deeply buried, but a good place to cool off. Foraging decisions must be fast. Too big Perfect.
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Float Like a Butterfly…...
Where those animals are hiding or even underneath stones. But, you know, there is one species of octopus, the big blue octopus. That likes to collaborate with other species when it goes foraging. Collaboration feeding is really important throughout the animal kingdom.
Video examples
The surprising decline...
which is our best source of evidence about this way of life, has shown a rather different conclusion. Here is a graph that he put together, showing the percentage of male deaths due to warfare in a number of foraging or hunting and gathering societies.
Video examples
Top 5 Animal Adaptations...
foraging so we're gonna let this one go now millipedes are amongst the most diverse group of arthropods in the world being one of the earliest animals to walk on land as a result of having poor eyesight they communicate through touch
Video examples
How can we help bee...
reach it but pollution can negatively affect their ability to forage so by planting patches of flowers instead of individual ones we can help ensure that bees can find their food on the way to
Video examples
Beautiful Butterfly...
the caterpillar mimics the sound and smell of the ants own young and mistaken for a mislaid ant lava is taken back to the nest by the foraging ant workers but it doesn't repay the favor once
Video examples
The world’s most painful...
Welcome to It Hurts! One of these creatures is thought to possess the world’s most painful insect sting. If you were to guess, would it the ant that forages in rainforest canopies?
Video examples
BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
fate as their quarry the creatures that have collapsed from heatstroke too deeply buried but it would place to cool off foraging decisions must be fast to
Video examples
Drunk Monkeys PIPE National...
foraging for more food next meal the bone the catch with their distinctively long tails aren't afraid to raid homes
Video examples
Ants Use Grubs as Glue...
trees mr boonchu helps the ants get to new foraging grounds expanding their empire and protecting his orchard
Video examples
Antlion Cone Death Trap...
Too deeply buried, but a good place to cool off. Foraging decisions must be fast. Too big Perfect.
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Quote examples
Jay Samit
American Businessman
Onboarding starts with satisfying the most basic of Maslow's psychological needs: belonging. New hires shouldn't arrive to an empty cube and be forced to forage through corridors searching for a computer and the bare necessities of office life. A new hire isn't a surprise visitor from out of town. Plan for their arrival.
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Jeremy Rifkin
American Economist
When we seed millions of acres of land with these plants, what happens to foraging birds, to insects, to microbes, to the other animals, when they come in contact and digest plants that are producing materials ranging from plastics to vaccines to pharmaceutical products?
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Christopher McCandless
American Explorer
Tramping is too easy with all this money. My days were more exciting when I was penniless and had to forage around for my next meal... I've decided that I'm going to live this life for some time to come. The freedom and simple beauty of it is just too good to pass up.
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Rene Redzepi
Danish Chef
All of the people who work in the kitchen with me go out into the forests and on to the beach. It's a part of their job. If you work with me you will often be starting your day in the forest or on the shore because I believe foraging will shape you as a chef.
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Wylie Dufresne
American Chef
I really don't do much on the night of Thanksgiving other than bring the wine and carve the turkey. My contribution comes the day after, in the form of breakfast. I usually just forage through the leftovers for things that will go well with eggs.
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Roger Rosenblatt
American Journalist
The trick in foraging for a tooth lost in coffee grounds is not to be misled by the clumps. The only way to be sure is to rub each clump between your thumb and index finger, which makes a mess of your hands.
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Sue Hubbell
American Author
My bees cover one thousand square miles of land that I do not own in their foraging flights, flying from flower to flower for which I pay no rent, stealing nectar but pollinating plants in return.
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Frans de Waal
Dutch Scientist
If one bird foraging in a flock on the ground suddenly takes off, all other birds will take off immediately after, before they even know what's going on. The one who stays behind may be prey.
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Douglas Coupland
Canadian Author
Earth was not built for six billion people all running around and being passionate about things. The world was built for about two million people foraging for roots and grubs.
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Steve Backshall
Fences split up the territory that a hedgehog has to forage in so having a little hole in your fence could well enable it to move in and out of your garden.
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Jay Samit
American Businessman
Onboarding starts with satisfying the most basic of Maslow's psychological needs: belonging. New hires shouldn't arrive to an empty cube and be forced to forage through corridors searching for a computer and the bare necessities of office life. A new hire isn't a surprise visitor from out of town. Plan for their arrival.
Quote examples
Jeremy Rifkin
American Economist
When we seed millions of acres of land with these plants, what happens to foraging birds, to insects, to microbes, to the other animals, when they come in contact and digest plants that are producing materials ranging from plastics to vaccines to pharmaceutical products?
Quote examples
Christopher McCandless
American Explorer
Tramping is too easy with all this money. My days were more exciting when I was penniless and had to forage around for my next meal... I've decided that I'm going to live this life for some time to come. The freedom and simple beauty of it is just too good to pass up.
Quote examples
Rene Redzepi
Danish Chef
All of the people who work in the kitchen with me go out into the forests and on to the beach. It's a part of their job. If you work with me you will often be starting your day in the forest or on the shore because I believe foraging will shape you as a chef.
Quote examples
Wylie Dufresne
American Chef
I really don't do much on the night of Thanksgiving other than bring the wine and carve the turkey. My contribution comes the day after, in the form of breakfast. I usually just forage through the leftovers for things that will go well with eggs.
Quote examples
Roger Rosenblatt
American Journalist
The trick in foraging for a tooth lost in coffee grounds is not to be misled by the clumps. The only way to be sure is to rub each clump between your thumb and index finger, which makes a mess of your hands.
Quote examples
Sue Hubbell
American Author
My bees cover one thousand square miles of land that I do not own in their foraging flights, flying from flower to flower for which I pay no rent, stealing nectar but pollinating plants in return.
Quote examples
Frans de Waal
Dutch Scientist
If one bird foraging in a flock on the ground suddenly takes off, all other birds will take off immediately after, before they even know what's going on. The one who stays behind may be prey.
Quote examples
Douglas Coupland
Canadian Author
Earth was not built for six billion people all running around and being passionate about things. The world was built for about two million people foraging for roots and grubs.
Quote examples
Steve Backshall
Fences split up the territory that a hedgehog has to forage in so having a little hole in your fence could well enable it to move in and out of your garden.
Example 1 of 10
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